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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. The mountain is in the "wilderness of Sinai."<ref>{{bibleverse||Exodus|19:1|ESV}}, {{bibleverse||Numbers|9:1|ESV}}.</ref> Various locations 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. The mountain is in the "wilderness of Sinai," according to the Bible.<ref>{{bibleverse||Exodus|19:1|ESV}}, {{bibleverse||Numbers|9:1|ESV}}.</ref> Various locations 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. After leaving the mountain, the Hebrews passed through the "wilderness of Paran" and arrived in the Negev eleven days later.<ref>{{bibleverse||Numbers|10:12|ESV}}, {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|1:2|ESV}}.</ref> As they were pastoralists traveling with livestock, they may have covered a distance of 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>

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. After leaving the mountain, the Hebrews passed through the "wilderness of Paran" and arrived in the Negev eleven days later.<ref>{{bibleverse||Numbers|10:12|ESV}}, {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|1:2|ESV}}.</ref> As they were pastoralists traveling with livestock, they may have covered a distance of 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>