Event

Israel arrives at Mount Sinai

In the third month after leaving Egypt, Israel camps before Mount Sinai, where God gives the law (Exod 19-20).

Sort year1491 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals (1658): 1491 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Description

"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" (Exod 19:1). Jones reads "the same day" as the 3rd day of the 3rd month; Jordan as the 1st day.

Scripture

Chronologies

Dates for Israel arrives at Mount Sinai, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	3rd day of the 3rd month (Exodus year) Precision: day	—	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), p. 57 n. 83 ("Sinai in the 3rd month, \"the same day\" (Exo.19:1) which means the 3rd day of the 3rd month") (opens in a new tab) Jones gives the day and month only; the year is his Exodus year (1491 BC).
Ussher	2513b AM, 1491 BC Precision: year	1491 BC AM 2513	Ussher, Annals of the World, Fourth Age §192 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) §192 "The third month." (camp 12, the wilderness of Sinai). Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	On the 1st day of the 3d month, Israel arrived before Sinai and camped in front of Mount Sinai (Ex. 19:1-2). Precision: day	AM 2513	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 6)," Biblical Chronology 6:8 (August 1994), §17 "The Year 2514" (opening summary) (opens in a new tab)