Sinai Peninsula · Old Testament · 19 verses
Horeb, called the mountain of God, is the mountain closely associated with, or another name for, Sinai. It lies in the Sinai wilderness. The name appears in Exodus, Deuteronomy, 1 Kings and 4 more in the King James text.
About Horeb
Horeb, called the mountain of God, is the mountain closely associated with, or another name for, Sinai. It lies in the Sinai wilderness.
Its place in the story
At Horeb God spoke to Moses from the burning bush and later brought water from the rock. It was also to Horeb that Elijah fled and heard God in a still small voice.
Horeb in Scripture (KJV)
“Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.”
“Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.”
“And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.”
“Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
“Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:”
Horeb, called the mountain of God, is the mountain closely associated with, or another name for, Sinai. It lies in the Sinai wilderness. The name appears in Exodus, Deuteronomy, 1 Kings and 4 more in the King James text.
What happened at Horeb?
At Horeb God spoke to Moses from the burning bush and later brought water from the rock. It was also to Horeb that Elijah fled and heard God in a still small voice.