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Leviticus 25:1
Then the LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text states that the LORD is speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai. This opening statement precedes the subsequent command regarding the land's Sabbath observance.
The words — The verb וַ/יְדַבֵּ֤ר (va/y.da.Ber) literally means "and he spoke," marking the divine commencement of the discourse. The locative phrase בְּ/הַ֥ר סִינַ֖י (be./Har si.Nai) translates directly as "on Mount Sinai," fixing the revelation to a specific site.
The thread — The location reappears in Exodus 19:1 as the initial covenant meeting place and is later referenced in Galatians 4:24 as a symbol of the old covenant. The chronological marker of divine speech on this mountain also anchors the opening of Numbers 1:1.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the precise origin and audience of the command before engaging its content. It establishes that the subsequent regulations carry authority derived from a specific historical encounter.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Cross-references
- Galatians 4:24 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- Exodus 19:1 In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.
- Numbers 1:1 On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:
- Numbers 10:11 On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,