Mount Sinai

Where is Mount Sinai? The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments, through the key chapters of the covenant. Read now, free and ad-free.

Mount Sinai is the mountain where, in the Exodus narrative, the people of Israel camped and Moses received the Ten Commandments. The covenant is said to have been made here and the law given here. The chapters below link to the reading pages for these events.

Read the chapters

• Exodus 19
• Exodus 20

  The giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai — the moral framework for Israel's relationship with God and with one another.

• Exodus 24

Related topics

• Holiness
• Justice

Related people

• Moses
• Aaron
• Joshua

Related verse collections

• Bible Verses About Healing
• Bible Verses About Mercy

Reading plans

• The Bible for Beginners — 10 Days
• The Bible in a Year — 365 Days from Cover to Cover

Related guides

• What Are the Ten Commandments?

  What are the Ten Commandments, where do they come from and where are they in the Bible? A short, neutral guide to their meaning and their link with Moses and Mount Sinai.

Books

• Exodus

Places in the Bible

• Places in the Bible

What happened at Mount Sinai?

According to Exodus, after leaving Egypt the people of Israel reached Mount Sinai; Moses went up the mountain and received the Ten Commandments and the law, and a covenant was made between the people and God.