Jebel Musa, the traditional Mount Sinai, in morning light
Mount Sinai
Mountain in the southern Sinai peninsula where Moses received the Ten Commandments and the Torah from God.
Mount Sinai — also called Horeb — is the mountain where Moses encountered God at the burning bush, and later, after the Exodus, where Israel camped at its foot while Moses ascended to receive the Ten Commandments and the wider Torah. The traditional site is Jebel Musa in the southern Sinai peninsula, about 2,285 metres high. Elijah later fled here when his life was threatened (1 Kings 19), and met God in 'a still small voice'.
“Mount Sinai.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/place/sinai
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