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What is Sinai in the Bible?

The mountain where the LORD descended and gave Moses the law and the tables of stone.

Sinai is the mountain, and the wilderness around it, where Israel camped after leaving Egypt and where the LORD gave Moses the law. Israel came from Rephidim into the wilderness of Sinai in the third month after the exodus and camped before the mount (Exodus 19:1; Exodus 19:2).

Sinai in the Bible

The LORD came down on mount Sinai in fire. The mountain smoked and quaked, and he called Moses up to the top (Exodus 19:18; Exodus 19:20). There God gave Moses two tables of stone written with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18).

When Moses came down with the second tables, the skin of his face shone (Exodus 34:29). Leviticus closes by calling its laws the commandments the LORD gave Moses in mount Sinai (Leviticus 27:34). In the wilderness of Sinai, Moses numbered the people, Israel kept the passover, and Nadab and Abihu died for offering strange fire (Numbers 1:19; Numbers 9:5; Numbers 3:4).

Israel then set out for the wilderness of Paran (Numbers 10:12). Later poetry recalls Sinai moving at the presence of God (Psalms 68:8). Paul uses mount Sinai in Arabia as an allegory of the covenant that leads to bondage (Galatians 4:24; Galatians 4:25).

Role
Mountain and wilderness
First mention
Exodus 16:1
Appearances in the Bible
36 mentions

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Questions about Sinai

What is Sinai in the Bible?

Sinai is the mountain, and the wilderness around it, where Israel camped after leaving Egypt and where the LORD gave Moses the law. Israel came from Rephidim into the wilderness of Sinai in the third month after the exodus and camped before the mount (Exodus 19:1; Exodus 19:2). The LORD came down on mount Sinai in fire. The mountain smoked and quaked, and he called Moses up to the top (Exodus 19:18; Exodus 19:20). There God gave Moses two tables of stone written with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18). When Moses came down with the second tables, the skin of his face shone (Exodus 34:29). Leviticus closes by calling its laws the commandments the LORD gave Moses in mount Sinai (Leviticus 27:34). In the wilderness of Sinai, Moses numbered the people, Israel kept the passover, and Nadab and Abihu died for offering strange fire (Numbers 1:19; Numbers 9:5; Numbers 3:4). Israel then set out for the wilderness of Paran (Numbers 10:12). Later poetry recalls Sinai moving at the presence of God (Psalms 68:8). Paul uses mount Sinai in Arabia as an allegory of the covenant that leads to bondage (Galatians 4:24; Galatians 4:25).

Where is Sinai first mentioned in the Bible?

Sinai is first mentioned in Exodus 16:1.

How many times is Sinai mentioned in the Bible?

Number of mentions in the Bible: 36.