Here is, I. The date of that great charter by which Israel was incorporated. 1. The time when it bears date (Exod. 19:1)-- in the third month after they came out of Egypt. It is computed that the law was given just fifty days after their coming out of Egypt, in remembrance of which the feast of Pentecost was observed the fiftieth day after the passover, and in compliance with which the Spirit was ...