Horeb in the Bible

Meaning: desert; solitude; destruction

Exact Match

I am going to stand there in front of you on the rock at Horeb; when you hit the rock, water will come out of it and the people will drink.” Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Providing WaterMiracles, Nature OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronTypes Of ChristSplitting RocksStriking RocksProvision From Rocks

Then Jethro, his father-in-law, came with Moses’ sons and his wife to [join] Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mountain of God [that is, Mt. Sinai in Horeb].

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsCamp, Of IsraelIsrael In The WildernessMeeting People

(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

Verse ConceptsRoadsTen Or More Days

The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:

Verse ConceptsActionsMoving On

And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

Verse ConceptsMonotony

The day you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, ‘Assemble the people before Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth and may instruct their children.’

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From Other PeopleStandingBibleStudentsAssembling IsraelTeaching ChildrenFear God!

“For your own good, be extremely careful—because you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversGod Appearing In FireNot Seeing God

This is what you requested from the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not continue to hear the voice of the Lord our God or see this great fire any longer, so that we will not die!’

Verse ConceptsAskingDeath Due To God's PresenceFire Emanating From GodRefusing To HearUnhearing

These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai).

Verse ConceptsCovenant Made At SinaiLater Covenants With God

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses placed there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionStonesTabletsEmpty ThingsStone ItemsTwo Stone TabletsCovenant Made At SinaiArk Of The Covenant

So he arose, and did eat and drink, - and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God - Horeb.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfThe Number FortyForty DaysMore Than One MonthFasting For Long Periods

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsTabletsTwo Stone Tablets

"Remember the instruction of my servant Moses, which I commanded him at Horeb to all Israel, the rules and regulations.

Verse ConceptsTaking The Law To Heartthe Law of moses

Do not be worshipers of handmade gods, as some of them were; just as it is written [in Scripture], “The people sat down to eat and drink [after sacrificing to the golden calf at Horeb], and stood up to play [indulging in immoral activities].”

Verse ConceptsGluttonyFeastingLaw, Ten CommandmentsPagansSittingToleranceIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesWorldly Pleasures, Nature OfRevelrySitting In FellowshipIdolatryAvoiding IdolatryEating And DrinkingFood Offered To IdolsSportsgames

Thematic Bible



When we left Horeb, we went through that entire great and terrible wilderness. You saw it by way of the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us. We went to Kadesh-barnea.

There was nothing inside the Ark of the Covenant except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Mount Sinai, when Jehovah made a covenant with the people of Israel as they were coming from Egypt.

There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt.

At Mount Horeb they made a statue of a calf. They worshiped an idol made of metal.

Jehovah our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said: 'You have lived long enough on this mountain.

So he got up and took food and drink. He was strengthened to go for forty days and forty nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Behold! I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. Strike the rock and water will come out of it. Then the people may drink. Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

The Israelites no longer wore their jewelry after they left Mount Horeb.

It is only an eleven-day journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

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Do you remember the day you stood in the presence of Jehovah your God at Mount Sinai (Horeb)? He said to me: 'assemble the people. I want them to hear what I have to say, so that they will learn to obey me as long as they live. Then they will teach their children to do the same.'

Be careful! When God spoke to you from the fire, he was invisible.

Jehovah our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

Even at Mount Horeb you made Jehovah so angry that he wanted to destroy you.

These are the terms of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab. All this was in addition to the covenant Jehovah made with them at Mount Sinai.

You should remember the Law of Moses my servant. I commanded the statutes and ordinances (regulations and judgments) to him at Horeb for all Israel.


One day Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.


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