15 He said to the people: “Get ready for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”*

16 “‘Now if a man has an emission of semen, he should bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until the evening.+

11 U·riʹah replied to David: “The Ark+ and Israel and Judah are dwelling in temporary shelters, and my lord Joʹab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. So should I go into my own house to eat and drink and lie down with my wife?+ As surely as you live and are alive,* I will not do this thing!”