Egypt & Exodus
The law at Sinai
The law at Sinai is dated 1446 BC in the Modern reckoning and 1491 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Exodus 20:1. Moses, God are part of it.
And God spoke all these words:
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 1446 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 1491 BC
- How it's dated
- the Bible's numbers
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 127; Exodus 19:1.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Moses
- God
Where: Mount Sinai.
Which verses connect to Exodus 20:1?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Deuteronomy 5:2234 votes
The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 5:49 votes
The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 4:365 votes
He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
- Deuteronomy 4:333 votes
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Acts 7:383 votes
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- Acts 7:532 votes
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.