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Mount Sinai
Egyptian Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, romanized: Gabal Mūsā Arabic: جَبَل مُوْسَى, romanized: Jabal Mūsā Classical Syriac: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny Ancient Greek: Ὄρος Σινά Latin: Mons Sinai
The summit of Mount Sinai
Highest point
Elevation	2,285 m (7,497 ft)
Prominence	334 m (1,096 ft)
Coordinates	28°32′21.9″N 33°58′31.5″E / 28.539417°N 33.975417°E / 28.539417; 33.975417
Naming
Native name	طُوْر سِيْنَاء
Geography
Mount Sinai Sinai, Asian part of Egypt

Mount Sinai (Hebrew: הר סיני Har Sinai; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny), also known as Jabal Musa (Arabic: جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is possibly the place where Moses was given the Ten Commandments, according to the Torah, Bible, and Quran, .

It is a 2,285-metre (7,497 ft) high mountain near the city of Saint Catherine in the region known today as the Sinai Peninsula. The mountain is surrounded on all sides by higher peaks in its mountain range. It is next to Mount Catherine which, at 2,629 m or 8,625 ft, is the highest peak in Egypt.^[1]

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