Revelation at Mount Sinai

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biblical event foundational event in Judaism theophany

Revelation at Mount Sinai is the foundational biblical event in which God is said to have revealed the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Israelites through Moses.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Book of the Covenant	1
Moses and the Exodus	1
Mount Sinai narrative	1
Revelation at Sinai (Shavuot)	1
Sinai revelation	1
Sinaitic revelation	1
Torah revelation	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical event ⓘ foundational event in Judaism ⓘ theophany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Matan Torah ⓘ Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ surface form: Sinaitic revelation giving of the Torah ⓘ
associatedHoliday	Shavuot ⓘ
centralText	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy 5 Exodus 19 ⓘ Exodus 20:1–17 ⓘ surface form: Exodus 20
characterizedBy	divine voice ⓘ lightning ⓘ smoke on the mountain ⓘ sound of a shofar ⓘ thick cloud ⓘ thunder ⓘ
commemoratedIn	daily Jewish prayers ⓘ reading of the Ten Commandments in synagogue ⓘ
describedIn	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ
follows	Exodus from Egypt ⓘ
hasPart	appearance of God to Israel ⓘ covenant at Sinai ⓘ divine speech to Moses ⓘ giving of the Ten Commandments ⓘ giving of the Torah ⓘ
involvesGroup	Israelites ⓘ
languageOfRevelation	Hebrew ⓘ
location	Mount Sinai ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ surface form: wilderness of Sinai
mainFigure	God ⓘ Moses ⓘ
mediatedBy	Moses ⓘ
precedes	Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ surface form: wilderness wanderings of Israel
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
resultedIn	Mosaic covenant ⓘ surface form: Mosaic Law Mosaic covenant ⓘ surface form: Sinai covenant Ten Commandments ⓘ Torah given to Israel ⓘ
theologicalSignificance	establishment of Israel as a covenant people ⓘ foundation of halakha ⓘ model of divine lawgiving ⓘ
timeAfterExodus	third month after leaving Egypt ⓘ
viewedAs	central motif in Jewish liturgy ⓘ historical revelation in traditional Judaism ⓘ
witnessedBy	Israelites ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Covenant Code → alsoKnownAs → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of the Covenant

Revelation at Mount Sinai → alsoKnownAs → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinaitic revelation

Harun → associatedWith → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mount Sinai narrative

Counting of the Omer → associatedWithEvent → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

Moses → associatedWithEvent → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

Antiquities of the Jews → containsAccountOf → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moses and the Exodus

Shalosh Regalim → linkedToHistoricalEvents → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revelation at Sinai (Shavuot)

the Mountain of God → relatedConcept → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Torah revelation

Israelites → traditionalEvent → Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai revelation