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reword. The mountain in the Bible is the primary meaning
[[Image:Mount_Sinai6.jpg|250px|thumb|Mount Sinai]]
[[Image:Mount_Sinai6.jpg|250px|thumb|Mount Sinai]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]]. It is traditionally identified with Jabal Musa (Mountain of Moses), a 7,498 foot peak located in the southern Sinai, now part of Egypt.
'''A 7,498 foot mountain, located in Southern Sinai''', now part of modern Egypt. According to the [[Bible]], this is the location where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]], also known as Mount Horeb, Mount Musa.
Mount Sinai is mentioned 21 times in the [[Bible]], including 19 times in the [[Torah]] (first five books) alone.<ref>http://cf.blb.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=Mount+Sinai&Version=KJV&sf=3</ref>
Mount Sinai is mentioned 21 times in the [[Bible]], including 19 times in the [[Torah]] (first five books) alone.<ref>http://cf.blb.org/search/translationResults.cfm?Criteria=Mount+Sinai&Version=KJV&sf=3</ref>
==References==
==References==