Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai
Exodus 19:1 – 20:21
The Israelites were journeying across the desert on their way to the long-awaited Promise Land, when the Lord had them stop and camp at Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. This was THE MOUNTAIN that God had appeared to Moses in a burning bush and commissioned his adventure to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Well, it has come full circle. Moses is back to this mountain and God wants to do business with the people that he loves. This is where the God of the universe makes an eternal, binding promise with the people of Israel:
“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:5-6).
This is where the law, the Torah, was given to the people and they were to obey.
Year 1, Week 29 Bible story from the Main Street Curriculum