1. Exactly three months after the Israelites had left Egypt, they reached the Desert of Sinai.
2. They had left Rephidim and had come to the Desert of Sinai. The Israelites camped in the desert in front of Mount Sinai.
3. Then Moses went up on the mountain to God. The Lord called to him from the mountain. The Lord said, “Say this to the family of Jacob. And tell this to the people of Israel: