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Wilderness where Israel camped after leaving Egypt

Sinai Wilderness

Named in 13 verses across 3 books, first in Exodus 19:1.

About Sinai Wilderness Written by AI

The Sinai Wilderness, also known as the Wilderness of Sinai, was the desert region in the Sinai Peninsula where the Israelites camped after leaving Egypt (Exodus 19:1-2). It was in this wilderness, at Mount Sinai, that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and established His covenant with Israel (Leviticus 7:38, Numbers 3:4). The Israelites set up the Tabernacle in the Sinai Wilderness (Numbers 1:1,19; 9:1,5). They took a census of the people there (Numbers 1:19, 26:64). The Sinai Wilderness was one of the early stops on Israel's journey from Egypt to the Promised Land (Numbers 10:12, 33:15-16). The wilderness provided a place of testing and preparation for the nation before they entered Canaan. The Sinai Wilderness is synonymous with the region surrounding Mount Sinai, the place of God's revelation to Moses and Israel.

Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.

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Where the Bible names it

  1. Exodus 19:1

    In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

  2. Exodus 19:2

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

  3. Leviticus 7:38

    which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.

  4. Numbers 1:1

    On 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:

  5. Numbers 1:19

    just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

  6. Numbers 3:4

    Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

  7. Numbers 3:14

    Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,

  8. Numbers 9:1

    In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

  9. Numbers 9:5

    and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  10. Numbers 10:12

    and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

  11. Numbers 26:64

    Among all these, however, there was not one who had been numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai.

  12. Numbers 33:15

    They set out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai.

  13. Numbers 33:16

    They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.