After the Ten Plagues were unleashed on Egypt , Moses led the Hebrew people out of Egypt , across the Red Sea , where they based themselves at Horeb and compassed the borders of Edom . It was at this time that Moses received the Ten Commandments . After the Ten Plagues , Moses leads the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea , after which they base themselves at Mount Sinai , where Moses receives the Ten Commandments .