"
And mount Sinai was
altogether on a smoke,
because the LORD
descended upon it in
fire"
.......EXODUS 19:18
"
And mount Sinai was
altogether on a smoke,
because the LORD
descended upon it in
fire: and the smoke
thereof ascended as the
smoke of a furnace, and
the whole mount quaked
greatly...."
.......EXODUS 19:18
"
And all the people saw
the thunderings, and the
lightnings, and the
noise of the trumpet,
and the mountain
smoking: and when the
people saw it, they
removed, and stood afar
off."
.......EXODUS 20:18
"
The mountains melted
from before the LORD,
even that Sinai from
before the LORD God of
Israel."
.......JUDGES 5:5
"
The earth shook, the
heavens also dropped at
the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was
moved at the presence of
God, the God of
Israel."
.......PSALMS 68:8
The
Golden Calf Altar
|
| As
we said, the evidence
which caused the Saudi
archaeologist to say
that this was a major
archaeological
discovery, was the
petroglyphs on the altar
which is located east of
the holy precinct - in
fact, from the top of
the mountain, looking
down toward the sacred
area, this altar is
almost directly straight
ahead. But it is perhaps
a mile or more from the
base of the mountain. As
we read the Biblical
account of the event, we
can see that this site
fits the description
given perfectly: |
