Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

General references

Bible References

The mount

Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Exodus 19:3
Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel:
Exodus 24:17
And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the mountain top.

Went before

Exodus 33:14
And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Deuteronomy 1:33
who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.
Joshua 3:2
At the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp;
Jeremiah 31:8
“Behold, I am bringing them from the north country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great company, they will return here.
Ezekiel 20:6
on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

A resting place

Psalm 95:11
“Therefore I swore in My anger,
Truly they shall not enter into My rest.”
Isaiah 28:12
He who said to them, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary,”
And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the Lord,
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:3
For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,
As I swore in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

General references

Exodus 37:1
Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits;