Exodus 19:2

Exodus 19:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they had departed from Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness. So Israel camped there before the mountain.

Context of Exodus 19:2

1In the third month after the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai: they departed from Rephidim, and came [into] the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there before the mountain. 3And Moses went up to God, and Jehovah called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4Ye have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, and [how] I have borne you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

Exodus 19:2 word by word

וַיִּסְע֣וּ מֵרְפִידִ֗ים וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ מִדְבַּ֣ר סִינַ֔י וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיִּֽחַן־שָׁ֥ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נֶ֥גֶד הָהָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• departedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• Rephidimרְפִידִיםrephîydîym · RephidimH7508
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• Sinaiסִינַיsîynay · (Wilderness of) SinaiH5514
• encampedחָנָהchânâh · to campH2583
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• mountainהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022

Cross-references for Exodus 19:2

• Exodus 17:1And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.
• Exodus 3:1And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God — to Horeb.
• Exodus 18:5And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.
• Acts 7:30And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
• Galatians 4:24Which things have an allegorical sense; for these are two covenants: one from mount Sinai, gendering to bondage, which is Hagar.

Commentaries on Exodus 19:2

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The arrival at Sinai was a fulfillment of the promise made earlier to Moses at this same place (3:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. were come to the desert of Sinai--The desert has its provinces, or divisions, distinguished by a variety of names; and the "desert of Sinai" is that wild and desolate region which occupies the very center of the peninsula, comprising the lofty range to which the mount of God belongs. It is a wilderness of shaggy rocks of porphyry and red granite, and of valleys for the most part bare of verdure. and there Israel camped before the mount--Sinai, so…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 19:2

• Rephidim
• Sinai

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Sinai
• Sinai, or Sinai
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Sinai, Horeb
• Desert
• Kingdom
• Rephidim
• Return

Commentaries on Exodus 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings