Exodus 19:2

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.”

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BSBPD

“After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 19:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 3:1Meanwhile, 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.
  2. Exodus 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.”
  3. Exodus 17:1Then 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.
  4. Exodus 17:8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
  5. Exodus 18:5Moses’ 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.
  6. Numbers 1:1On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
  7. Numbers 33:15They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.
  8. Acts 7:30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
  9. Acts 7:38He 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.
  10. Galatians 4:24These 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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