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[[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.

[[Image:Mount_Sinai6.jpg‎|250px|thumb|Mount Sinai]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]].

 

The mountain is traditionally identified with Jabal Musa (Mountain of Moses), a 7,498 foot peak located in the southern Sinai, now part of Egypt. This identification was made by Helena, Constantine's wife, in the fourth century. Various other locations have been suggested.

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>