The Seven Ascents of Moses at Mount Sinai

Exported on: 2/23/2026, 12:33:41 PM

Create a vertical timeline titled ‘The Seven Ascents of Moses at Mount Sinai’ based on the sources. 

For each of the seven ascents, include:

– The Ascent Number and Scripture Reference.

– Who participated (e.g., Moses alone, with Joshua, or with Aaron and the Elders).

– Key events: 

 1. Proposal of the ‘kingdom of priests’.

 2. The ‘yes’ of the people and purification instructions.

 3. The Decalogue spoken by God and Moses receiving statutes.

 4. The covenant meal with the 70 Elders.

 5. The 40 days on the mountain, receiving the first tablets (written by God) and Tabernacle plans, followed by the smashing of the tablets.

 6. Moses interceding for the people after the Golden Calf.

 7. The second set of tablets (cut by Moses, written by God), another 40 days, and Moses’ radiant face.

Add a concluding section on ‘The Nature of the Tablets’:

– Content: Only the Ten Commandments were on the stone tablets; other laws were in the ‘Book of the Law’ (scroll).

– Location: Tablets inside the Ark; Book of the Law beside the Ark.

– Significance: Tablets written on both sides; divided into duties to God (1-3) and neighbor (4-10).