Exodus 19:2
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.
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:
4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.
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
- After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mountain.
- ASV
- And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.
- DARBY
- they departed from Rephidim, and came [into] the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there before the mountain.
- BLB
- And they journeyed from Rephidim and entered the Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness. And Israel camped there before the mountain.
- ÅB
- De brøt opp fra Refidim og kom til Sinai ørken og slo leir i ørkenen, og Israel leiret seg der midt imot fjellet. -
- OTB
- Etter å ha reist fra Rephidim, kom de til Sinai-ørkenen og slo leir der foran fjellet.
- B1930
- De brøt op fra Refidim og kom til Sinai ørken og slo leir i ørkenen, og Israel leiret sig der midt imot fjellet. -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextExodus 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.”
Read in contextExodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextActs 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.
Read in contextGalatians 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.
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