Exodus 19:1

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.

2 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.

3 And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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

    And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 12:6

    And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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  • Exodus 12:2

    This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

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  • Numbers 33:15

    And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

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  • Leviticus 23:16–18

    Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.

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