In this lesson we look at the the Israelites' arrival at Mount Sinai, and some of the events there —including God's appearance on the mountain while the people watched below (Exo 19:1-25; 20:18-22).

Arrival at Sinai

1 Camping at Mount Sinai

The time of Wandering in the Wilderness lasted 40 years.

In the first three months, the children of Israel left Egypt and went to Horeb in the wilderness of Sinai. (Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai).

They remained camped in this area for two years. Among other things during the encampment...

• God gave the Law to Moses on the mountain,
• The children of Israel made an idol,
• The tabernacle was crafted, and...
• The priesthood was established.

2 Bible Summary (Exodus 19-24, 31-35)

• Arrival at Sinai (19)
• Ten Commandments given (20)
• Various social laws (21-23)
• Sabbaths and festivals (23)
• Land promise repeated (23)
• Israel says, "We will obey" (24)
• The beholding of God (24)
• Moses on the mountain forty days and nights (24)

(Chapters 25-30 see next lesson)

• The sign of the Sabbath (31)
• The golden calf idol (32)
• Tablets of stone broken (32)
• The plague and slaughter (32)
• God threatens to leave (33)
• Moses meets God in a tent (33)
• Moses changes God's mind (33)
• The cleft of the rock (33)
• New tablets of stone (34)
• Further laws (34)
• Moses face shines (34)
• Rules for the Sabbath (35)
   
  

 Stages of the wilderness wanderings see Part 2