In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
- NLT Exactly two months after the Israelites left Egypt, they arrived in the wilderness of Sinai.
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Quick answer
About three months after the Exodus, Israel arrived at the wilderness of Sinai. This sets the stage for God's covenant at the mountain.
Overview
The precise time marker underscores the historical reality of the Exodus and frames Sinai as its goal. Having been redeemed from Egypt, Israel now comes to meet their Redeemer and receive His law. Redemption precedes commandment here, just as in the gospel grace precedes the call to obedience.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 16:1They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to 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.
- Exod 12:6and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
- Num 33:15They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.
- Exod 12:2“This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
- Lev 23:16–18even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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