Exodus 19

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Exodus 19 is the biblical chapter that narrates Israel’s arrival at Mount Sinai and God’s preparation of the people to receive the Ten Commandments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Exodus 19 canonical 3
Exodus 19–24 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the Bible ⓘ
chapter of the Book of Exodus ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical scripture in Christianity ⓘ
canonical scripture in Judaism ⓘ
containsCommand instruction to consecrate the people ⓘ
instruction to wash garments ⓘ
limits set around Mount Sinai ⓘ
prohibition of touching the mountain ⓘ
warning that violators must be put to death ⓘ
containsDivineSpeech God’s message to Moses for the Israelites ⓘ
containsResponse people’s promise to do all that the Lord has spoken ⓘ
containsStatement Israel called to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation ⓘ
containsTheme covenant ⓘ
holiness ⓘ
law-giving preparation ⓘ
obedience ⓘ
theophany ⓘ
describesEvent God’s preparation of Israel to receive the law ⓘ
arrival of the Israelites at Mount Sinai ⓘ
covenant-making at Mount Sinai ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aaron ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
priests of Israel ⓘ
followedBy Exodus 20 ⓘ
linked to: Exodus 20:1–17
follows Exodus 18 ⓘ
includesMotif God descending on the mountain ⓘ
boundary-setting around the mountain ⓘ
consecration of the people ⓘ
earthquake-like trembling of the mountain ⓘ
smoke on Mount Sinai ⓘ
sound of a very loud trumpet ⓘ
thick cloud ⓘ
thunder and lightning ⓘ
languageOfComposition Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
literaryContext Sinai narrative ⓘ
mentionsDeity YHWH ⓘ
mentionsGroup Israelites ⓘ
mentionsPlace Mount Sinai ⓘ
narrativeSetting third month after the Israelites left Egypt ⓘ
partOf Book of Exodus ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Five Books of Moses

Torah ⓘ
positionInBook 19 ⓘ
preparesFor giving of the Ten Commandments ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Exodus 20:1–17 → follows → Exodus 19 ⓘ
Exodus 18 → precedes → Exodus 19 ⓘ
Matan Torah → describedIn → Exodus 19 ⓘ
Old Covenant → describedIn → Exodus 19–24 ⓘ
linked to: Exodus 19