Learn how Exodus 19:2 contradicts Exodus 19:11
Read full article →According to Moses, this verse tells us that the people of Israel left a place called Rephidim and traveled to a desert called Sinai. There, they set up their tents and camped in front of a big mountain.
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.
This verse describes God as descending upon Mount Sinai, while Exodus 19:2 emphasizes the people's encampment without mention of a divine visit.
Exodus 19:11: And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.