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Exodus 19:2

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.
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.

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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.

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.

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.

19:3 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;

What does Exodus 19:2 mean?

Exodus 19:2 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָסַע (nâçaʻ), רְפִידִים (Rᵉphîydîym), בּוֹא (bôwʼ). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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For
they
were
departedנָסַעnâçaʻ/naw-sah'/H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
from
Rephidim,רְפִידִיםRᵉphîydîym/ref-ee-deem'/H7508Rephidim, a place in the Desert
and
were
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
to
the
desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
of
Sinai,סִינַיÇîynay/see-nah'-ee/H5514Sinai, mountain of Arabia
and
had
pitchedחָנָהchânâh/khaw-naw'/H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
in
the
wilderness;מִדְבָּרmidbâr/mid-bawr'/H4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
and
there
IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
campedחָנָהchânâh/khaw-naw'/H2583properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch atent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
before
the
mount.הַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

Commentary on Exodus 19:2

HENRY_FULL · Exodus 19:2
"gen1803" This chapter introduces the solemnity of the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, which was one of the most striking appearances of the divine glory that ever was in this lower world. We have here, I. The circumstances of time and place, ver. 1, 2 . II. The covenant between God and Israel settled in general. The gracious proposal God made to them ( ver. 3-6 ), and their consent to the proposal, ver. 7, 8 . III. Notice given three days before of God's design to give the law out of a thick cloud, ver. 9 . Orders given to prepare the people to receive the law ( ver. 10-13 ), and care taken to execute those orders, ver. 14, 15 . IV. A terrible appearance of God's glory upon mount Sinai, ver. 16-20 . V. Silence proclaimed, and strict charges given to the people to observe decorum while God spoke to them, ver. 21 , &c. The Covenant of Sinai. (

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 3:1

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, even to Horeb.

Exodus 3:12

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Exodus 17:1

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 there was no water for the people to drink.

Exodus 17:8

Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Exodus 18:5

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:

Acts 7:30

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.

Galatians 4:24

Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. covenants: or, testaments Sinai: Gr. Sina

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Exodus 17:1

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 there was no water for the people to drink.

Exodus 13:20

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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.

Exodus 18:5

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:

Deuteronomy 1:19

And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

Deuteronomy 1:40

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Exodus 15:22

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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.

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What does Exodus 19:2 say?

Exodus 19:2 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Exodus 19:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Exodus 19:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.

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