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A-Z: General definitions: Sinai
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1. The desert area where Moses and the Israelites lived for forty years on the way to the land of Canaan. 2. The mountains where Moses received the Ten Commandments.Very important Jewish leader described in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Moses led the Jewish people out of slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. Received the Ten Commandments form God.
In the Old Testament the land promised to Abraham, and later sometimes referred to as 'the Promised Land'.
Also called 'The Decalogue' (Ten Words). Instructions said to have been given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai, which have not only shaped Jewish and Christian belief and practice but also strongly influenced the legal systems of many countries.
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