Numbers 1:1
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Cross-references
Numbers 9:1 also records the LORD speaking to Moses in Sinai, second year, showing a series of revelations in that period.
Numbers 10:11 advances the timeline from Numbers 1:1 — both set in the second year, second month, marking Israel's departure from Sinai.
Numbers 3:1 explicitly references the same time when God spoke with Moses on Sinai, providing genealogical context.
Numbers 26:4 recalls the census command from Numbers 1:1, as a second census is taken at the end of the journey.
Numbers 26:64 contrasts the second census with the first in Numbers 1:1, noting none from the first census survived.
Numbers 10:12 records the departure from Sinai, the same location where the census was commanded in Numbers 1:1.
Numbers 7:89 depicts Moses in the tent of meeting, the same location where God speaks to him in Numbers 1:1.
Exodus 25:22 establishes the tent of meeting as the place where God speaks to Moses, exactly as in Numbers 1:1.
Leviticus 1:1 also begins with God speaking to Moses from the tent of meeting, mirroring the opening of Numbers.
Exodus 40:17 dates the tabernacle's erection; Numbers 1:1 occurs exactly one month later, tracking Israel's timeline.
Exodus 19:1 marks Israel's arrival at Sinai; Numbers 1:1 takes place a year later in the same wilderness.
Leviticus 27:34 concludes the laws given on Sinai; Numbers 1:1 begins the census at the same location.