Exodus 19:2

Translations

Modern

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

Traditional

For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

Literal

And they journeyed from Rephidim and entered the Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness. And Israel camped there before the mountain.

Latin

Nam profecti de Raphidim, et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai, castrametati sunt in eodem loco, ibique Israël fixit tentoria e regione montis.

Original

Hebrew

English

After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

Notes

Exodus 19:2

The arrival at Sinai was a fulfillment of the promise made earlier to Moses at this same place (3:12).

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).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses God’s Covenant with David God’s Covenants

Events

Ten Commandments Givenc. 1491 BC

Related verses

Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Exodus 17:1
Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus 3:12
“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
Exodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Exodus 18:5
Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.
Acts 7:38
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Acts 7:30
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
Galatians 4:24
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.

People

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

Places

Rephidim: Israelite encampment during the Exodus Wilderness of Sinai: Wilderness where Israel camped after leaving Egypt

Glossary

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

Topics

Deserts: Sinai Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To Mount Sinai Mountains: Sinai Rephidim: A Camping Place of Israel in Their Wandering of Forty Years Sinai: The People of Israel Arrive At, in Their Wanderings in the Wilderness

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