Places in the Bible Today:

Wilderness of Sinai

Data

Translated NamesDesert of Sinai, desert of Sinai, Sinai desert, Sinai Wilderness, Wilderness of Sinai, wilderness of Sinai
Typeregion
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1 Identification

  1. about 50 km around Mount Sinai (ancient): very high confidence. It may be:

    1. panorama of Jebel Musaabout 50 km around Jebel Musa

    2. panorama of Ras es Safsafehabout 50 km around Ras es Safsafeh

    3. satellite view of the region around Jebel Sin Bisharabout 50 km around Jebel Sin Bishar

    4. panorama of Har Karkomabout 50 km around Har Karkom

    5. closeup of Jebel Katherinaabout 50 km around Jebel Katherina

    6. historical panorama of Jebel Serbal, which is the peaks in the distanceabout 50 km around Jebel Serbal

    7. satellite view of the region around Jebel Halalabout 50 km around Jebel Halal

    8. satellite view of the region around Jebel Hashem el Tarifabout 50 km around Jebel Hashem el Tarif

    9. satellite view of the region around Jabal al Magharahabout 50 km around Jabal al Magharah

    10. panorama of Har ‘Arifabout 50 km around Har ‘Arif

    11. satellite view of the region around Jabal al Lawzabout 50 km around Jabal al Lawz

    12. satellite view of the region around Jebel Yeleqabout 50 km around Jebel Yeleq

    13. satellite view of the region around Al Manifaabout 50 km around Al Manifa

    14. satellite view of the region around Jabal Harbabout 50 km around Jabal Harb

Verses (13)

  1. Exod 19:1, 19:2
  2. Lev 7:38
  3. Num 1:1, 1:19, 3:4, 3:14, 9:1, 9:5, 10:12, 26:64, 33:15, 33:16

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Logos FactbookSinai
OpenBible.info (2007)Sinai
OpenBible.infoae50cf1 (Wilderness of Sinai)
TIPNRSinai_Wilderness@Exo.19.1

Thumbnail Image Credits

Ian Sewell, Esben Stenfeldt, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, שועל, Mohamed kamal 1984, Francis Frith, valleyofdawn

About

This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place.

While I consulted sources for this place, there were no major disputes about its modern location.