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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}}, {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|1:2}}.</ref> As they were pastoralists traveling with livestock, they may have covered a distance of 60 miles in that amount of time.<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)."</ref>

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}}, {{bibleverse||Deuteronomy|1:2}}.</ref> As they were pastoralists traveling with livestock, they may have covered a distance of 60 miles in that amount of time.<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)."</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 part of the Sinai. This site is 160 miles from Kadesh.<ref>"[https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/judaism/judaism/mount-sinai Sinai, Mount]," ''Encyclopaedia Judaica.''</ref> Saint Catherine's Monastery was built at the foot of this mountain between 548 and 565. It is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery.

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 part of the Sinai. This site is 160 miles from Kadesh.<ref>"[https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/judaism/judaism/mount-sinai Sinai, Mount]," ''Encyclopaedia Judaica.''</ref>

 

Saint Catherine's Monastery was built at the foot of Jabal Musa between 548 and 565. It is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery.

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