mount sinai

     

In Exodus the burning bush was found at this "Mountain of God"

Trivia about mount sinai

  • Holy Moses! The monastery of St. Catherine at the base of this mountain dates back 14 centuries
  • Before Moses died on Mount Pisgah, he scaled this mount to chat with Yahweh
  • Move to this mountain if you want to be like Moses, who fasted there for 40 days & nights
  • "And the glory of the Lord abode upon" this mountain, "and the cloud covered it six days"
  • The Old Testament refers to it as Mount Horeb & the mountain of God
  • When Queen Jezebel vowed to execute Elijah, he fled to this holy mountain
  • Exodus 34 reports that Moses didn't eat or drink for 40 days up here
  • Also called Horeb, experts aren't sure which mount it actually is: Serbal & Jebel Musa are guesses
  • This peak's name in Arabic is Jabal Musa, or "Mount of Moses"
  • The Jewish festival of Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah at this site
  • An L.A. "home for the incurables" named for this holy mountain later merged with Cedars of Lebanon