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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

The Torah says that Moses spoke to his god about the 10 Commandments at Mt. Sinai. What inference is most likely correct about the naming of this mountain?

A	Mt. Sinai is known as the “Mountain of God.”
B	Mt. Sinai is still just known as a mountain.
C	Mt. Sinai is known as “Moses the Mountain.”
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Descriptions of Moses going up Mt. Sinai (e.g., Exodus 19, Exodus 24, Deuteronomy 4) say that he received the Ten Commandments there (Exodus 31:18 – “He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God").

Detailed explanation-2: -Biblical description According to the biblical story, Moses departed to the mountain and stayed there for 40 days and nights in order to receive the Ten Commandments and he did so twice because he broke the first set of the tablets of stone after returning from the mountain for the first time.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai and inscribed by the finger of God on two tablets of stone kept in the Ark of the Covenant.

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