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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. | 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/ | + | Mount Sinai is mentioned 21 times in the [[Bible]], including 19 times in the [[Torah]] (first five books) alone.<ref>http://cf.blb.org/ |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | *http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/1 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Mount Sinai (Horeb) and the Sinai Wilderness, scriptures.lds.org | + | *[http://scriptures.lds.org/en/biblephotos/1 Photographs of Scriptural Sites: Mount Sinai (Horeb) and the Sinai Wilderness, scriptures.lds.org] |
Revision as of 08:57, July 12, 2023
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.[1]