Exodus 19:1

In the third month of the outgoing of the sons of Israel from the land of Mizraim, on that day came they to the desert of Sinai.

Targum Onkelos

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

2And they journeyed from Rephidim, and came to the desert of Sinai, and dwelt there by the side of the mountain.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:12And He said, Because My Word shall be thy helper: and this shall be the sign that I have sent thee: In thy leading forth of the people from Mizraim you shall do service before the Lord upon this mountain.

Exodus 12:6And you shall have it in keeping till the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole church ( kehala) of the congregation of Israel shall kill him between the suns.

Leviticus 23:16Until the (day) after the seventh week number fifty days, and (then) offer a new mincha before the Lord.

Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel went forward upon their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the Cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan.

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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