The wilderne ... the desert of Sinai - If the mount from which the law was delivered is the rock of Ras Safsafeh, then the spacious plain of…

They were departed from Rephidim. —If Rephidim was where we have placed it, in the Wady Feiran, the march to “the wildern…

For they were departed from Rephidim
After they had fought with Amalek, and came to the western part of the mount to…

Moses was called up the mountain, and was employed as the me enger of this covenant. The Maker and first Mover of the covenant is God himself. This…