{"id":24183,"date":"2024-09-13T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/?p=24183"},"modified":"2025-09-10T16:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:06:04","slug":"mount-sinai-in-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwheels.travel\/en\/mount-sinai-in-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"BERG SINAI in Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"

We drive via the large city of Tabuk to the northern foothills of the Hejaz Mountains. The highest and most striking peak is Jabal Al-Lawz, where a new ski resort is currently being built. <\/strong>As Mount Al-Lawz is already influenced by the Mediterranean climate and is 2600 m high, there is actually snow there in winter.
\nThis mountain range is said to be home to the “MOUNTAIN SINAI in Arabia” and we would like to see it.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Four years ago, the area south of Jabal Al-Lawz was only accessible via a sandy track, but today there is already a perfect road to access the region. Because this mountain range is part of the gigantic NEOM city project. NEOM is said to be bigger than New York and Egypt, Jordan and Israel are all said to be involved. And in the middle of it all is Mount Sinai in Arabia. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Mountain SINAI
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Historical outline<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

The Old Testament tells us about the emergence of the people of Israel. Forced by a famine, Jacob and his twelve sons moved with their families and their belongings from Canaan to Egypt because there was “bread” to eat there. About 70 people in total. <\/strong>Jacob was the grandson of the progenitor Abraham.
\nIn Egypt, Jacob’s clan multiplied and gradually became a nation during the 215 years he spent there. The Egyptians became afraid of this growth. The Israelites outnumbered the Egyptians, which is why the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites and forced them to do hard labor. <\/p>\n

Then God tells Moses to lead the people out of Egypt.
\nThe Exodus from Egypt took place around 1400 \/ 1500 BC<\/strong>. It is not known exactly how many people left Egypt. The Bible speaks of 600,000 men. Together with their wives and children, there may well have been between 1 million and 2 million people. In any case, they were as numerous as the Egyptians themselves. The destination of the exodus was the mountain of God, Mount SINAI.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to reach this goal, the entire people had to pass through the Red Sea. The parting of the sea was one of the greatest miracles on this wilderness journey. <\/p>\n

The Israelites became a nation at Mount SINAI, as it was here that they received law and order and their first leadership structure from God<\/strong>.
\nThey also built their first sanctuary, the portable tabernacle. This makes the people of Israel a very old nation at around 3,500 years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can read about it in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Where is this Mount Sinai?
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Where is this Mount Sinai located and what was the route? Well, there are different versions. The traditional version is Mount Sinai on the Sinai Peninsula, near the famous Monastery of St. Catherine. There are other ways of locating Mount Sinai. <\/p>\n

We favor the somewhat newer research that locates Mount Sinai in the land of Midian, i.e. in the catchment area of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Saudi Arabian side. <\/strong>In any case, this location is exciting and appealing.<\/p>\n

The following map is interactive. It shows many possible camps of the Israelites and also the locations we visited: <\/p>\n

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  • Mount Sinai<\/li>\n
  • Moses’ altar at the foot of the mountain<\/li>\n
  • the altar of the golden calf<\/li>\n
  • the cemetery of the Israelites<\/li>\n
  • The split rock that Moses struck and then water flowed out of it<\/li>\n
  • The dwellings of Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law<\/li>\n
  • The place where Israel could have crossed the Red Sea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>
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