Israelites assembled at Sinai to receive the Torah: later generations of Jews, represented by the Chronicler (2 Chron. 15:10), were to associate this third month with a renewal of a covenant, of which more must be said below. Even the Sabbath itself might be linked to the particular history of Israel, according to Exodus 31:12–17, in that it is a perpetual sign between God and Israel that in six days God made heaven and earth, the historical aspects of that sign being markedly to the fore (Exod.