Exodus 19:1

In the third month after the people of Israel had gone out from the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the wilderness of Sinai.

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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

2After they left Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai, they camped in the wilderness in front of the mountain.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:12God replied, “I will certainly be with you. This will be a sign to you that I have sent you. When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship me on this mountain.”

Exodus 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of that month. Then the whole assembly of Israel must kill these animals at twilight.

Leviticus 23:16You must count fifty days, which would be the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you must present an offering of new grain to Yahweh.

Numbers 10:12The people of Israel then went on their journey from the wilderness of Sinai. The cloud stopped 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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