George Leo Haydock, on Josh 3:5

“And Josue said to the people: Be ye sanctified: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

“Sanctified, as Moses had required at Mount Sinai, (Exodus xix. 10, 15,) ordering the people to wash their garments, and to abstain from their wives, that by this exterior purity, they might be reminded not to neglect that of the soul, without which they would derive but small benefit or instruction from the greatest miracles.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.