Exodus 19:1

In the third month of the departure of Israel from the land of Egypt, in that day, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.

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In The King James Version

In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.

In Context

2Thus, setting out from Raphidim, and going directly to the desert of Sinai, they encamped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents away from the region of the mountain.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:12And he said to him: “I will be with you. And you will have this as a sign that I have sent you: When you will have brought my people out of Egypt, you will offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.”

Exodus 12:6And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. And the entire multitude of the sons of Israel shall immolate it toward evening.

Leviticus 23:16all the way to the day after the completion of the seventh week, that is, fifty days, and then you shall offer a new sacrifice to the Lord,

Numbers 10:12And the sons of Israel set out by their companies from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:1

This chapter introduces the solemnity of the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, which was one of the most striking appearances of the divine glory that ever was in this lower world. We have here, I. The circumstances of time and place, ver. 1, 2 . II. The covenant between God and Israel settled in general. The gracious proposal God made to them ( ver. 3-6 ), and their consent to the proposal, ver. 7, 8 . III. Notice given three days before of God's design to give the law out of a thick cloud, ver. 9 . Orders… Read the whole commentary →

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