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[[File:Map-Route-Exodus-Israelites-Egypt.jpg|thumb|The Hebrews, led by Moses, may have traveled from Goshen to Kadesh-barnea using one the caravan routes shown above.]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]] in the 13th century BC. Various locations in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere have been suggested.

[[File:Map-Route-Exodus-Israelites-Egypt.jpg|thumb|The Hebrews, led by Moses, may have traveled from Goshen to Kadesh-barnea using one the caravan routes shown above.]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]] in the 13th century BC. Various locations in the Sinai Peninsula and elsewhere have been suggested.

The Hebrews encountered the mountain while travelling east from Goshen in Egypt on their way to Kadesh-barnea in the Negev. They crossed Red Sea shortly after leaving the town of Rameses in the Nile delta, so the crossing may have taken place in the northern part of the Gulf of Suez. It took eleven days to get from the mountain to the Negev. They were traveling with livestock, so the distance was about 60 miles.<ref>"[https://biblearchaeology.org/research/exodus-from-egypt/4217-thoughts-on-jebel-allawz-as-the-location-of-mount-sinai? Thoughts on Jebel Allawz as the Location of Mount Sinai]", ''The Shiloh Excavations''. "The distance from Jebel Musa to Kadesh Barnea is about 160 map miles, again much too far for the Israelites to trek in 11 days."</ref>

The Hebrews encountered the mountain while travelling east from Goshen in Egypt on their way to Kadesh-barnea in the Negev. They crossed Red Sea shortly after leaving the town of Rameses in the Nile delta, so the crossing may have taken place in the northern part of the Gulf of Suez. It took eleven days to get from the mountain to the Negev. They were traveling with livestock, so the distance was about 60 miles.<ref>"[https://biblearchaeology.org/research/exodus-from-egypt/4217-thoughts-on-jebel-allawz-as-the-location-of-mount-sinai? Thoughts on Jebel Allawz as the Location of Mount Sinai]", ''The Shiloh Excavations''. "A large group of pastoralists moving with their possessions and animals can cover no more than 6 miles in a day, and usually less (Conder 1883: 79; cf. Beitzel 1985: 91). The limiting factor is the animals. When the Israelites left Egypt, they had 'large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds' (Ex 13:38). Adequate sources of water had to be sought for them along the way and time had to be taken to allow the flocks and herds to graze as they traveled."</ref>

In the fourth century, Helena, Constantine's wife, identified Mount Sinai as Jabal Musa (Mountain of Moses), a 7,498-foot peak located in the southern Sinai Peninsular. This site is 160 miles from Kadesh.<ref>"[https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/judaism/judaism/mount-sinai Sinai, Mount]," ''Encyclopaedia Judaica''</ref>

In the fourth century, Helena, Constantine's wife, identified Mount Sinai as Jabal Musa (Mountain of Moses), a 7,498-foot peak located in the southern Sinai Peninsular. This site is 160 miles from Kadesh.<ref>"[https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/judaism/judaism/mount-sinai Sinai, Mount]," ''Encyclopaedia Judaica''</ref>