Mount Orab, Ohio
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Mount Orab is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population is 4,347 as of the 2020 United States census.
Aerial view of central Mt. Orab
Mt. Orab corporation limit sign
Looking northwest at the intersection of Tri-County Highway (Old Ohio Highway 32) and High Street (U.S. Route 68) in Mt. Orab
Water tower in Mt. Orab
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
Mount Orab, Ohio
…as of the 2020 United States census. Mount Orab was laid out by Daniel Keether on September 3, 1850. The village's name most likely is derived from Mount Horeb, a place in the Hebrew Bible. The Cincinnati, Batavia & Williamsburg Railroad was chartered on January 11, 1876, with the intent to construct a railway…
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