The children of Israel were now come into the wilderness of Arabia. Here
they lacked both water and food, murmured against Moses, and wished they
were back to the flesh-pots in Egypt. Moses smote the rock with his rod,
and there flowed water; and the Lord sent them manna for food. This lay
every morning like hoar-frost on the ground, and melted when the sun
rose.
In the third month after they had gone out of Egypt, the Israelites
encamped at Mount Sinai. On the third day a thick cloud covered the
mountain, and there was heard a sound as of a loud trumpet. The mountain
shook and smoked as a furnace, for the Lord descended in fire on the
mountain. The Lord then spoke thus to the people: