Exodus 19 · Verse 2

Exodus 19:2

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.
Exodus 19:2, King James Version

Exodus 19:2 in other translations

BSBAfter they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
WEBWhen 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand they journey from Rephidim, and enter the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in the wilderness; and Israel encampeth there before the mount.
DARBYthey departed from Rephidim, and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in the wilderness; and Israel encamped there before the mountain.
BBEAnd when they had gone away from Rephidim and had come into the waste land of Sinai, they put up their tents in the waste land before the mountain: there Israel put up its tents.
WebsterFor 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.

What does Exodus 19:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. 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 called from Seneh, or acacia bush. It is now called Jebel Musa. Their way into the interior of the gigantic cluster was by Wady Feiran, which would lead the bulk of the hosts with their flocks and herds into the high valleys of Jebel Musa, with their abundant springs, especially into the great thoroughfare of the desert--the longest, widest, and most continuous of all the valleys, the Wady-es-Sheikh, while many would be scattered among the adjacent valleys; so that thus secluded from the world in a wild and sublime amphitheatre of rocks, they "camped before the mount." "In this valley--a long flat valley--about a quarter of a mile in breadth, winding northwards, Israel would find ample room for their encampment. Of all the wadys in that region, it seems the most suitable for a prolonged sojourn. The 'goodly tents' of Israel could spread themselves without limit" [Bonar].

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:1-8

Moses was called up the mountain, and was employed as the messenger of this covenant. The Maker and first Mover of the covenant, is God himself. This blessed charter was granted out of God's own free grace. The covenant here mentioned was the national covenant, by which the Israelites were a people under the government of Jehovah. It was a type of the new covenant made with true believers in Christ Jesus; but, like…

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Exodus 19:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּסְע֣וּvai.yis.'Uand they set outH5265
מֵרְפִידִ֗יםme.re.fi.Dimfrom RephidimH7508
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
מִדְבַּ֣רmid.Bar[the] wilderness ofH4057
סִינַ֔יsi.NaiSinaiH5514
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.Nuand they encampedH2583
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
וַיִּֽחַן\־vai.yi.chan-and it encampedH2583
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
נֶ֥גֶדNe.gedbeforeH5048
הָהָֽר\׃ha.Harthe mountainH2022

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Cross references for Exodus 19:2

  • 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 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 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 17:8

    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.

  • Acts 7:38

    This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rephidim.
17:1,8
the desert.Mount Sinai, called by the Arabs Jibbel Mousa, the Mountain of Moses, and sometimes by way of eminence, El Tor, the Mount, is a range of mountains in the peninsula formed by the gulfs of the Red Sea. It consists of several peaks, the principal of which are Horeb and Sinai; the former, still called Oreb, being on the west, and the latter, called Tur Sina, on the east, at the foot of which is the convent of St. Catherine. Dr. Shaw conceives that the wilderness of Sinai, properly so called, is that part which is to the eastward of this mount; so that the removal of the Israelites from Rephidim, which was on the West, to the desert of Sinai, was only removing from one part of the mountain to another.
camped.
3:1,12; 18:5; Ac 7:30,38; Ga 4:24

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Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 19:2

    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.

  • Exodus 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;

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Exodus 19:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque partieron de Rephidim, y llegaron al desierto de Sinaí, y asentaron en el desierto; y acampó allí Israel delante del monte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ils partirent de Rephidim, et vinrent au désert de Sinaï, et campèrent dans le désert; et Israël campa là devant la montagne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sie brachen auf von Rephidim und kamen in die Wüste Sinai und lagerten sich in der Wüste; und Israel lagerte sich daselbst dem Berge gegenüber.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nam profecti de Raphidim, et pervenientes usque in desertum Sinai, castrametati sunt in eodem loco, ibique Israël fixit tentoria e regione montis.