Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Parallel translations
- KJV And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- BSB In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
- NKJV Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying:
- NASB Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- NLT A year after Israel’s departure from Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. In the first month of that year he said,
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Quick answer
God spoke to Moses at Sinai in the first month of the second year after the Exodus, about keeping the Passover. The setting anchors the command in covenant history.
Overview
Just before Israel left Sinai, God commanded a renewed Passover, marking one year since their redemption from Egypt. By celebrating the Passover again, Israel rehearsed the salvation that defined them, a feast that points ahead to Christ our Passover, sacrificed for us.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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