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Horeb
Mountain mentioned in 17 verses of the Bible, most often in Deuteronomy.
Journeys through Horeb
- The Exodus (15th or 13th century BC)
Where it appears
Deuteronomy (9), Exodus (3), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Malachi (1)
Key verses
- Exodus 3:1 first mention — Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exodus 17:6 — Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 1:2 — (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
- Deuteronomy 4:10 — Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
- Deuteronomy 4:15 — Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
- Deuteronomy 5:2 — The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 29:1 — These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
- 1 Kings 8:9 — There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 19:8 — And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
- 2 Chronicles 5:10 — There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
- Psalms 106:19 — They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
- Malachi 4:4 — Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
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