שמע ישראל ה 'הוא האלוהים שלנו הוא אחד

Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Elohaynu Adonai Echad
Hear, Israel, HaShem is our G-d, HaShem is One.

Where Was Mount Sinai?

By Yochanan ben Avraham (John of AllFaith) 5.10.10

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The History Channel and similar anti-God sources attack everything biblical. The location of Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah are no exceptions. Virtually everything such sources do on the Bible is a deliberate lie meant to destroy people's faith.

As I will show, the Torah is clear that the Hebrews left Egypt, crossed the Red Sea and headed south into the Sinai Wilderness to the historically accepted site of Mount Sinai, now known as Jebel Musa (the "Mountain of Moses").

Let's briefly consider the Exodus from Egypt to the Mount as presented in the Torah:

The geographical point of the "Parting of the Red Sea" and the Hebrew crossing over is not absolutely certain but very close. From my readings I would think it was a bit farther south than the following (large) map shows. I would think they crossed right about where the word Yam (Suph) is written, in other words, around the point where the widened harbor again narrows into the Gulf of Suez:

This map used without permission in accord with established "fair use" policies: Source

While the exact point of the crossing can be debated (but not by much) the location of Mount of Sinai is certain from the Torah's description despite what some Agnostics are claiming now. The History Channel and most of its peers are run and financed by Globalists who are committed to discrediting the Bible and the God it presents. If they can discredit the Giving of the Torah they will win a great victory for their master, Lucifer.

The solid red line (on this map) denotes their route from Egypt to Mount Sinai as presented in the Torah. If the Torah is accurate (and we know it is) Mount Sinai can only be located at Jebel Musa, its traditionally accepted location.

Exodus 12:51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

To say the holy Mount was in Egypt (which some do) contradicts the Torah. The Hebrews clearly left Egypt at this time.

To say Sinai is located in Arabia is equally contrary to the Torah that provides the route taken by Moshe and his followers. This lie is often fostered by Muslims hoping to steal Jewish history and identity.

Exodus 13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

So we know they did not go straight into Eretz Israel -- following the "major road" gray line in the map -- (which the Greek Philistines were currently controlling: the name Philistine of course has NOTHING to do with the so-called Palestinians who are Arabs). This is why, after crossing, the Hebrews went south skirting the Wilderness of Sinai as this map accurately shows.

Exodus 13:18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

This is the Wilderness of the Shur/Sinai.

Exodus 13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

The location of Etham is shown on this map. This crossing happened somewhere south of this point:

This map used without permission in accord with established "fair use" policies: Source

The Hebrews went further south where the tip of the Red Sea (its arm being known as the Gulf of Suez) blocked them (Exodus 14:11), a bit south of Darb el-Haj (on the big map). The location of "Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon" is uncertain today (hence we can't be sure exactly where they crossed).

Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

Exodus 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
14:29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
14:30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.

Exodus 15:22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

This would be roughly the area where the Wilderness of Shur blends into the wilderness of Sinai. They headed south along the Gulf of Suez/Red Sea.

Exodus 15:23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

Marah today is known as Ain Hawara (see big map). They crossed the Red Sea (Gulf of Suez) somewhere north of Marah (Ain Hawara) and south of Etham (on the small map) and then journeyed south as the red line shows. This is where HaShem made the bitter waters sweet (Exodus 15:25).

Exodus 15:27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Elim is generally thought to be Wadi Gharandel, probably near Abu Zeneimeh on the big map.

Exodus 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

See the large map for the Wilderness of Sin and note that they are clearly heading toward Jebel Musa (the traditional local of Mount Sinai).

Exodus 16:29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

Shabbat is again confirmed as the eternal Holy Day -- just had to throw that in hehe.

Exodus 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

Again, we know where Rephidim is. See the big map. They are now approaching Jebel Musa.

Here, near Horeb, Moshe smote the rock and produced the water for the people to drink (Exodus 17:6).

Exodus 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Again, this place is well known.

Jethro visits Moshe, then leaves (chapter 18).

Exodus 19:1 In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
19:2 For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

So, they left Raphidim and came to the Holy Mount. Continuing in the same basic direction they had been traveling since the parting of the Sea would take them directly to Jebel Musa where they dwelt for some time receiving the Torah and so on.

Then eventually:

Exodus 33:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
33:2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
33:3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

After the giving of the Torah etc. HaShem sends His people up into the Eretz Israel to take possession of their heritage:

Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

HaShem explained how the Hebrews are to reject the religions and gods they will be encountering on their way to and within Eretz Israel and so on. This is the Eternal Homeland of Israel granted them by God.

Deuteronomy 1:6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
1:7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
1:8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1:9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
1:10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

And therefore after Sinai they changed directions and headed up toward Eretz Israel.

Numbers 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

Hazeroth was north of Mount Sinai and is believed to be the place now known as Ain el-Hudhera.

Numbers 12:16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran

As the large map shows, the Wilderness of Paran is well to the north of Jebel Musa. From Mount Sinai the Hebrews clearly headed north-east skirting the Sinai desert as they approached the land of Canaan.

Numbers 13:17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:

It is vital to understand that the Torah's description is clear and can be believed. What HaShem did on Mount Sinai was the most important event in human history.

Lucifer would like nothing better than to discredit it and the Torah of HaShem.

And the Hope Will Soon Be Realized As Moshiach Comes!

HaTikvah ("The Hope")

As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart, With eyes turned toward the East, looking toward Zion, Then our hope - the two-thousand-year-old hope - will not be lost: To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

Kol ode balevav P'nimah - Nefesh Yehudi homiyah Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah Ayin l'tzion tzofiyah. Ode lo avdah tikvatenu Hatikvah bat shnot alpayim: L'hiyot am chofshi b'artzenu - Eretz Tzion v'Yerushalayim

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