Exodus 19:1
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.
2 After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
3 Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
- ASV
- In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
- DARBY
- In the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai:
- BLB
- 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.
- ÅB
- På tremåneders-dagen etter at Israels barn var gått ut av Egypt, kom de til Sinai ørken.
- OTB
- I den tredje måneden etter at israelittene hadde dratt ut av Egypt, på den dagen, kom de til Sinai-ørkenen.
- B1930
- På tremåneders-dagen efterat Israels barn var gått ut av Egyptens land, kom de til Sinai ørken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 16:1
On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.
Read in contextExodus 12:6
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Read in contextExodus 12:2
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
Read in contextNumbers 33:15
They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:16–18
You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
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