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Mount Sinai (Horeb)

Modern Jebel Musa, southern Sinai Peninsula (traditional)
Coordinates 28.5392, 33.9762 View modern location ↗
Era Exodus and the Wilderness

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderJordan RiverRed Sea (Yam Suph) — Northern arm of the Red Sea, including possibly the Bitter LakesRed Sea (Yam Suph)Land of Goshen — Eastern Nile Delta, EgyptLand of GoshenKadesh-barnea — Ein el-Qudeirat, eastern Sinai (proposed)Kadesh-barneaMount Sinai (Horeb) — Jebel Musa, southern Sinai Peninsula (traditional)Mount Sinai (Horeb)
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The mountain where God gave the Law to Moses and entered into covenant with Israel. Also called Horeb. Multiple modern candidates exist (Jebel Musa, Jebel al-Lawz in Saudi Arabia, Jebel Sin Bishar); the traditional Christian site is Jebel Musa.

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