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There Israel encamped before the mountain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come <i>to</i> the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they had departed from Rephidim, had come <i>to</i> the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then they set out from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When they moved out from Rephidim, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai and they camped there; Israel camped at the base of the mountain [of Sinai].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They traveled from Rephidim, came to the Sinai Wilderness, and camped in the wilderness. Israel camped there in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After they departed from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel had moved from Rephidim and had come into the desert of Sinai. They had set up camp there in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They had set out from Rephidim and arrived at the desert of Sinai where they camped in the desert. Israel camped there in front of the mountain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the wilderness of Sinai, they camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel encamped before the mount.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encamps there before the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will remove from Rephidim, and they will come to the desert of Sinai, and they will encamp in the desert; and Israel will encamp there before the mountain.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For departing out of Raphidim, and coming to the desert of Sinai, they camped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents over against the mountain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus, setting out from Raphidim, and going directly to the desert of Sinai, they encamped in the same place, and there Israel pitched their tents away from the region of the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After they made the journey from Rephidim and entered the wilderness of Sinai, they then pitched camp in the wilderness. While Israel was encamped there in front of the mountain,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then they journeyed from Rephidim and came to the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they moved camp from Raphidin and they came to the wilderness of Sinai and they camped in the wilderness, and Israel camped there against the mountain.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/19-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=4709" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/19.htm">Israel at Mount Sinai</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>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. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">After they had set out</a> <a href="/hebrew/7508.htm" title="7508: mê·rə·p̄î·ḏîm (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in the desert. Plural of the masculine of the same as rphiydah; ballusters; Rephidim, a place in the Desert.">from Rephidim,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">they entered</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bar (N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the Wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5514.htm" title="5514: sî·nay (N-proper-fs) -- The mountain where the law was given. Of uncertain derivation; Sinai, mountain of Arabia.">of Sinai,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">and Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·yi·ḥan- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">in front of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·hār (Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>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:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-12.htm">Exodus 3:12</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-2.htm">Deuteronomy 5:2-4</a></span><br />The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. / He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today. / The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-21</a></span><br />For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; / to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. / For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Exodus 24:15-18</a></span><br />When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, / and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. / And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/10-12.htm">Numbers 10:12</a></span><br />and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-10.htm">Deuteronomy 4:10-12</a></span><br />The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.” / You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. / And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form; there was only a voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Exodus 24:1-2</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. / Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/33-2.htm">Deuteronomy 33:2</a></span><br />He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/68-17.htm">Psalm 68:17</a></span><br />The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-24.htm">Galatians 4:24-25</a></span><br />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. / Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Nehemiah 9:13-14</a></span><br />You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. / You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">1 Kings 8:9</a></span><br />There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a></span><br />From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">Rephidim</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Exodus 17:1,8</a></b></br> And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and <i>there was</i> no water for the people to drink… </p><p class="hdg">the desert.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1,12</a></b></br> Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, <i>even</i> to Horeb… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Exodus 18:5</a></b></br> And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Acts 7:30,38</a></b></br> And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/exodus/18-27.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/genesis/33-18.htm">Encampeth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-25.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Front</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/18-5.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Rephidim</a> <a href="/exodus/17-8.htm">Reph'idim</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/1-50.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/joshua/10-31.htm">Encampeth</a> <a href="/exodus/28-43.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/exodus/25-37.htm">Front</a> <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/40-37.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/exodus/33-7.htm">Pitched</a> <a href="/numbers/33-14.htm">Rephidim</a> <a href="/numbers/33-14.htm">Reph'idim</a> <a href="/exodus/19-11.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/exodus/23-31.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-1.htm">The people arrive at Sinai</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">God's message by Moses unto the people out of the mount</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-8.htm">The people are prepared against the third day, for the giving of the law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-12.htm">The mountain must not be touched</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">The fearful presence of God upon the mount</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This journey from Rephidim to Sinai marks a transition from God's immediate provision to a deeper revelation of His covenant. The movement signifies a shift from survival to receiving the Law, which would define their identity as God's chosen people.<p><b>they entered the Wilderness of Sinai</b><br>The Wilderness of Sinai is a desolate region, emphasizing the Israelites' dependence on God for sustenance and guidance. This setting is significant as it is where God would reveal Himself and establish His covenant with Israel. The wilderness experience is a recurring biblical theme representing testing, purification, and preparation for receiving God's promises. It foreshadows Jesus' own time in the wilderness, where He was tested before beginning His ministry.<p><b>and Israel camped there in front of the mountain</b><br>The mountain referred to is Mount Sinai, also known as Horeb, a sacred place where Moses first encountered God in the burning bush. This location is central to the narrative of Exodus, as it is where God would give the Ten Commandments and establish the Mosaic Covenant. The encampment at Sinai represents a pivotal moment in Israel's history, where they would formally become God's covenant people. The mountain itself is a type of Christ, symbolizing God's presence and the mediator between God and humanity, as Moses would act as a mediator for Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, also known as the children of Israel, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_sinai.htm">Wilderness of Sinai</a></b><br>A desert region where the Israelites camped after leaving Rephidim. It is a significant location where God would establish His covenant with Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The mountain where God would later give the Ten Commandments to Moses. It is a place of divine revelation and covenant.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The journey to Sinai demonstrates God's faithfulness in leading His people to the place He promised. Reflect on how God fulfills His promises in your life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/preparation_for_covenant.htm">Preparation for Covenant</a></b><br>The encampment at Sinai signifies a time of preparation for receiving God's law. Consider how you prepare your heart to receive God's word and instructions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The gathering of the Israelites at Sinai emphasizes the importance of community in worship. Engage with your faith community to grow and worship together.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_reverence.htm">Obedience and Reverence</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey to Sinai is a call to obedience and reverence for God's commands. Evaluate areas in your life where you need to align more closely with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_journey.htm">Spiritual Journey</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites journeyed to Sinai, we are on a spiritual journey. Reflect on your spiritual path and how God is leading you to deeper understanding and commitment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_are_moses_and_jesus_similar.htm">What similarities exist between Moses and Jesus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_jesus_survive_40_days_without_food.htm">Is it scientifically possible for Jesus to survive 40 days without food (Luke 4:2)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_evidence_of_israelites_at_sinai.htm">Exodus 19:1-2: If a massive camp of Israelites really gathered at Mount Sinai, why is there scant archaeological evidence supporting such an event in that location?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_for_psalm_95_8-9.htm">Where is the archaeological or historical evidence supporting the events referenced in Psalm 95:8-9 regarding Israel's wilderness testing?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>XIX.<p>THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD TO THE PEOPLE ON MOUNT SINAI.</span><p>(2) <span class= "bld">They were departed from Rephidim.</span>--If Rephidim was where we have placed it, in the Wady Feiran, the march to "the wilderness of Sinai" (<span class= "ital">Er Rahah</span>) must have been by the Wady Solaf, or the Wady esh Sheikh, or possibly by both. The distance by Wady Solaf is about eighteen, by Wady esh Sheikh about twenty-five miles. The wilderness of Sinai, now generally identified with Er Rahah, is a plain two miles long by half a mile wide, "enclosed between two precipitous mountain ranges of black and yellow granite, and having at its end the prodigious mountain block of Ras Sufsafeh" (Stanley, <span class= "ital">Sinai and Palestine, </span>p. 74). It is nearly fiat, and covered at present with stunted tamarisk bushes. "No spot in the whole peninsula is so well supplied with water" (<span class= "ital">Our Work in Palestine, </span>p. 268).<p><span class= "bld">Israel camped before the mount.</span>--On the capacity of the plain Er Rahah to receive the entire multitude, see Stanley (<span class= "ital">Sinai and Palestine, </span>p. 42), and comp. The comment on <a href="/context/exodus/12-37.htm" title="And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.">Exodus 12:37-41</a>. The Ras Sufsafeh is visible from every part of the plain.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">They were departed from Rephidim</span>. See the comment on ch. 17:1, and compare <a href="/numbers/33-15.htm">Numbers 33:15</a><span class="cmt_word">. There Israel en-camped before the mountain</span>. The bulk of the tents were no doubt pitched in the plain, Er-Rahah; but this may not have sufficed, and some may have been located in the Wady-ed-Deir, north-east of the Ras Sufsafeh, and others in the Seil-Leja to the west. The Ras Sufsafeh is visible from both these valleys. <p> CHAPTER 19:3-9 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/19-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">After they had set out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסְע֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Rephidim,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרְפִידִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rə·p̄î·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7508.htm">Strong's 7508: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rephidim -- a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they entered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·ḇō·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Desert</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְבַּ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·bar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sinai,</span><br /><span class="heb">סִינַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(sî·nay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5514.htm">Strong's 5514: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sinai -- the mountain where the law was given</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּֽחַן־</span> <span class="translit">(way·yi·ḥan-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in front of</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֥גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountain.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָהָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/19-2.htm">Exodus 19:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/19-2.htm">OT Law: Exodus 19:2 When they had departed from Rephidim (Exo. 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