Mount Sinai

:For other places named Mount Sinai, see Mount Sinai (disambiguation)

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Mount Sinai is the name of the mountain where, according to the Bible, God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. Since the time of Saint Helena it has been identified with Jabal Musa (or Gebel Musa), a mountain 2,285 meters high in the southern Sinai Peninsula. The Arabic name means Mount Moses.

Related Topics:
Bible - Ten Commandments - Moses - Saint Helena - Sinai Peninsula - Arabic

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