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Exodus 19

Exodus 19:1

Israel at Mount Sinai · Exodus 19:1–15
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Translations

Modern
In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
Traditional
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.
Literal
In the third month of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on that day, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai.
Latin
Mense tertio egressionis Israël de terra Ægypti, in die hac venerunt in solitudinem Sinai.

Original

Hebrew
English
In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

Notes

Exodus 19:1

on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt: It was now the fifteenth day of the third month.

Exodus 19:1–9

God prepared his people to receive the covenant by first reminding them of the past and of what they had learned about him (19:4). He then made promises about the future, which depended on their obedience (19:5–6). The final result was their promise to obey what the Lord has commanded (19:8).

Events

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Wilderness of Sinai: Wilderness where Israel camped after leaving Egypt

Glossary

Book of Exodus Covenant Criminal Law and Punishment Deuteronomy, Book of Hosea, Book of John the Baptist Miracle Mount Sinai Mount, Mountain Wilderness

Topics

Deserts: Sinai Israel: Arrive at Sinai Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai Law: (Contained in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy): Given at Sinai The Feast of Pentecost: The Law Given from Mount Sinai Upon Time: Eras from Which, Computed: The Exodus from Egypt Time: The Exodus