Sinai,Mount

Sinai,Mount
Si·nai (sīʹnī'), Mount
A mountain, about 2,288 m (7,500 ft) high, of the south-central Sinai Peninsula. It is thought to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments.

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