“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.” (Exodus 19:2)
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Mount Sinai is a holy site. God makes this evident when he sets about statutes as to how close people may come to the mount.
” And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:” (Exodus 19:12)
God directed that when the trumpet sounded, the people may come to the edge of the mount.
“And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.” (Exodus 19:16)
God presides on the Mount of Sinai to impress on the hearts of Israel a new covenant. Not in stone, but on their hearts. The laws that God is about to repeat had already been in their hearts and they had turned away.
Stay tuned…
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