To help us discover the location of Mount Sinai, we must return to our earliest sources and follow the instructions which provide the distance from the eastern border of Egypt, as defined in the days of Moses, to Mount Sinai.

This evidence will begin to answer the question of whether or not the mountain of the eloahim could be as far away as the southern regions of the Sinai Peninsula, let alone somewhere in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, or Jordan.

3-Days’ Journey
According to our earliest sources, Mount Sinai was only a 3 days’ journey from the border of Egypt. For example, when Moses first met Yahweh at Mount Sinai, he was ordered to bring the Israelites “out of Mizraim (Egypt)” and bring them to this very mountain. At this point, Moses quotes Yahweh as having told him:

When you have brought forth the people (of Israel) out of Mizraim, you shall serve eloahim על ההר הזה (al ha-har hazah; upon this mountain). (Exod. 3:12)

This statement is our first indication that Mount Sinai was somewhere beyond the borders of Egypt, for it is only after Moses brings the Israelites “out of Mizraim” that they would “serve eloahim upon this mountain.” Continue reading “A 3-Days’ Journey to Mt. Sinai” →