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It was this sea which [[Moses]] and the children of [[Israel]] crossed during the Hebrew [[Exodus]] as recorded in the biblical account <ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=14&version=31</ref> wherein God parted the sea.

It was this sea which [[Moses]] and the children of [[Israel]] crossed during the Hebrew [[Exodus]] as recorded in the biblical account<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=2&chapter=14&version=31</ref> wherein God parted the sea.

Yet the ancient usage of the name "Red Sea" has led to significant debate over what 'where' is meant by the reference. One position is that the [[Hebrews]] crossed the modern Gulf of Suez en route to the traditional [[Mount Sinai]] as named by [[Flavia Julia Helena Augusta|Constantine's mother]]. The other is that they crossed the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] en route to the ultra-prominent Jabal al-Lawz (Arabic: جَبَل ٱللَّوْز, lit. "mountain of almonds") in [[Saudi Arabia]], which boasts its strangely burnt top and is parallel <ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g4960/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref> to Jerusalem in the same longitudinal line as stated by [[Paul the Apostle]] .<ref>Gal. 4:25; https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gal/4/25/t_conc_1095025</ref>

Yet the ancient usage of the name "Red Sea" has led to significant debate over what 'where' is meant by the reference. One position is that the [[Hebrews]] crossed the modern Gulf of Suez en route to the traditional [[Mount Sinai]] as named by [[Flavia Julia Helena Augusta|Constantine's mother]]. The other is that they crossed the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] en route to the ultra-prominent Jabal al-Lawz (Arabic: جَبَل ٱللَّوْز, lit. "mountain of almonds") in [[Saudi Arabia]], which boasts its strangely burnt top and is parallel<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g4960/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref> to Jerusalem in the same longitudinal line as stated by [[Paul the Apostle]].<ref>Gal. 4:25; https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/gal/4/25/t_conc_1095025</ref>

The Red Sea is also the site of the [[Suez Canal]].

The Red Sea is also the site of the [[Suez Canal]].