2 They pulled away from Rephʹi·dim+ and came to the wilderness of Siʹnai and camped in the wilderness. Israel camped there in front of the mountain.+

8 So he got up and ate and drank, and in the strength of that nourishment he went on for 40 days and 40 nights until he reached Horʹeb, the mountain of the true God.+

9 There he entered a cave+ and spent the night; and look! Jehovah’s word came to him, telling him: “What are you doing here, E·liʹjah?”