Mount Horeb
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Mount Horeb is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible. It is described in two places as הַר הָאֱלֹהִים the "Mountain
Moses with Tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt, 1659
Moses Striking the Rock at Horeb, engraving by Gustave Doré from "La Sainte Bible", 1865
Mountain on the Sinai Peninsula identified by Francis Frith as Horeb
Willow Peak
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Willow Peak or Ras es-Safsafeh is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula. The mountain peak overlooks Saint Catherine's Monastery, and is situated approximately 1km to the west.
Mount Horeb
…two tops, which bore these different names". Locally, around Saint Catherine's Monastery, which is built adjacent to the Egyptian Mount Sinai and to Willow Peak, the latter is considered to be the Biblical Mount Horeb. "Horeb" is thought to mean dry place or glowing/heat, which seems to be a reference to the…
Saint Catherine's monastery, with Willow Peak behind