15 Accordingly he said to the people: “Get ready+ during the three days. Do not YOU men come near a woman.”+

16 “‘Now in case a man has an emission of semen+ go out from him, he must then bathe all his flesh in water and be unclean until the evening.

11 At this U·riʹah said to David: “The Ark+ and Israel and Judah are dwelling in booths, and my lord Joʹab and the servants of my lord+ are camping on the face of the field, and I—shall I go into my own house to eat and drink and to lie down with my wife?+ As you are living and as your soul is living,+ I shall not do this thing!”