Exodus 16:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

On the fifteenth day of the second month after the Israelites had escaped from Egypt, they left Elim and started through the western edge of the Sinai Desert in the direction of Mount Sinai.

Cross References

Exodus 17:1

The Israelites left the desert and moved from one place to another each time the Lord ordered them to. Once they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for them to drink.

Exodus 15:27

Later the Israelites came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and 70 palm trees. So they camped there.

Exodus 12:6

Each family must take care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, when the animals are to be killed.

Exodus 12:51

And on that same day the Lord brought Israel's families and tribes out of Egypt.

Exodus 19:1

The Israelites left Rephidim and arrived at the desert. Then two months after leaving Egypt, they arrived at the desert near Mount Sinai, where they set up camp at the foot of the mountain. This was two months after they had left Egypt.