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Exodus 16:1
Exodus 16:1 is verse 1 of Exodus chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.
The geographical name Sin is related to Sinai and should not be mistaken for the English word sin.
King James Version
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 16:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.
2 And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 15:27Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.
Numbers 33:10They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.
Numbers 33:11They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
Numbers 33:12They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
Exodus 17:1Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
Ezekiel 30:15I will pour out My wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the crowds of Thebes.
Ezekiel 30:16I will set fire to Egypt, Pelusium will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be split open, and Memphis will face daily distress.