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Where is Mt. Sinai? The surprising answer, based on our chapter and supported by other chapters in the Bible, is that Mount Sinai is not in the southern edge of the peninsula Sinai. Mount Sinai is in the area of Mount Paran and Mount Seir in the Negev region.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moses, who knew the answer thanks to self-experience, describes it, in our chapter, by using four synonym phrases:<\/span><\/p>\n

The LORD came from Sinai;<\/span>
\n<\/span>He shone upon them from Seir;<\/span>
\n<\/span>He appeared from Mount Paran;<\/span>
\n<\/span>And approached from Ribeboth-Kodesh (Deut. 33:2).<\/span><\/p>\n

As the four verbs are alike: came, shone, appeared and approached, so are the four names: Sinai, Seir, Mount Paran and Ribeboth-Kodesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sinai and Paran are mentioned together also in the book of Numbers. As written:<\/span><\/p>\n

And the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. The cloud came to rest in the wilderness of Paran (Numbers 10:12).<\/span><\/p>\n

Sinai and Seir are mentioned together also in the song of Deborah in the book of Judges:<\/span><\/p>\n

O LORD, when You came forth from Seir\u2026 the LORD, Him of Sinai (Judges 5:4-5).<\/span><\/p>\n

The LORD, Him of Sinai, considered leading the Israelites from Egypt to Mount Sinai by way of the land of the Philistines, because it was closer (Exodus 13:17).<\/span><\/p>\n

Amalekites that dwell in the Negev region (Numbers 13:29) in the land of Seir (Genesis 36:16) were not far from Mount Sinai (Horeb) when they came and fought with Israel at Rephidim (Exodus 17:6-8).<\/span><\/p>\n

Not so long was young Moses\u2019s journey, with Jethro\u2019s flock, to Mount Sinai (Horeb) from Midian, that was in the country of Moab (Genesis 36:35, Exodus 3:1, Numbers 22:4).<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, Old Jethro\u2019s journey with his daughter and grandchildren from Midian to Mount Sinai was not such a great distance (Exodus 18:5). <\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion, our chapter and other chapters in the Bible indicate that Mount Sinai is not in the southern edge of the peninsula Sinai, but more to the north, in the Negev region, in the area of Mount Seir and Mount Paran.<\/span><\/p>\n

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