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Sinai Mountain Road, Egypt

Sinai Mountain Road, Egypt
This road at Mount Sinai winds its way to Bir Zreir, Egypt. According to the Old Testament, Mount Sinai, sometimes called Horeb, is the sacred mountain on which Moses received the Ten Commandments from Jehovah.
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