“And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,”
The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying — the opening establishes temporal precision: exactly one year after the exodus (first month of the second year), Israel celebrates the Passover in the wilderness of Sinai. The phrase 'in the wilderness of Sinai' (midbar sinai) connects this Passover to the covenant-giving at Mount Sinai and the tabernacle's construction. Exactly one year has passed since freedom was won; now the wilderness-dwelling nation commemorates its deliverance while dwelling in tents.
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