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[[File:Map-Route-Exodus-Israelites-Egypt.jpg|thumb|Mount Sinai]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]]. | [[File:Map-Route-Exodus-Israelites-Egypt.jpg|thumb|Mount Sinai]]'''Mount Sinai''', also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where [[Moses]] received the [[Ten Commandments]] from [[God]]. | ||
| − | The mountain | + | The Hebrews encountered the mountain while travelling east from Goshen in Egypt to Kadesh-barnea in the Negev. It took eleven days to get from the mountain to the Negev. They were travelling with livestock, so that corresponds to 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''</ref> |
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| + | 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. Various other locations have been suggested.<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/judaism/judaism/mount-sinai Sinai, Mount], ''Encyclopaedia Judaica''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 05:24, July 13, 2023
Mount Sinai, also Mount Horeb, is a mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God.
The Hebrews encountered the mountain while travelling east from Goshen in Egypt to Kadesh-barnea in the Negev. It took eleven days to get from the mountain to the Negev. They were travelling with livestock, so that corresponds to about 60 miles.[1]
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. Various other locations have been suggested.[2]
References
- ↑ "Thoughts on Jebel Allawz as the Location of Mount Sinai", The Shiloh Excavations
- ↑ Sinai, Mount, Encyclopaedia Judaica