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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.

KJV

Profectique sunt de Elim, et venit omnis multitudo filiorum Israël in desertum Sin, quod est inter Elim et Sinai, quintodecimo die mensis secundi, postquam egressi sunt de terra Ægypti.

Vulgate

ἀπῆραν δὲ ἐξ Αἰλείμ, καὶ ἤλθοσαν πᾶσα συναγωγὴ υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Σείν, ὅ ἐστιν ἀνὰ μέσον Αἰλεὶμ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον Σεινά. τῇ δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἐξεληλυθότων αὐτῶν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽ/אֵילִ֔ם וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ כָּל עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל מִדְבַּר סִ֔ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בֵּין אֵילִ֖ם וּ/בֵ֣ין סִינָ֑י בַּ/חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה עָשָׂ֥ר יוֹם֙ לַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/שֵּׁנִ֔י לְ/צֵאתָ֖/ם מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Wilderness of Sin
Symbols Desert

In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
proper_noun · 6×
חֲמֵ֥שׁ
chmsh
adjective · 344×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּסְע֖וּ
ys'v
verb · 145×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
סִ֔ין
syn
proper_noun · 6×
סִינָֽי
syny
proper_noun · 35×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the journey from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, the giving of the Law, the construction of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the institution of sacrifices. Josephus provides detailed descriptions of the Tabernacle and priestly vestments that supplement the biblical account.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
  • Deut 1:31 — And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
  • Exod 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
  • Exod 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.
  • Num 33:10 — And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
  • Num 33:11 — And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.