Horeb

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Horeb, Chorev in Hebrew, חורב

Mount Horeb is another name sometimes used for Mount Sinai.

Its exact location is unknown. Some identify it in the range of mountains in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula of which Mount Sinai is the most prominent.

Biblical references include:

EX 3:1; 17:6; 33:6; DE 1:2,6,19; 4:10,15; 5:2; 9:8; 29:1;
1KI 8:9; 19:8; 2CH 5:10; PS 106:19; MAL 4:4

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin is a town in the United States.
Horeb is a principal work of Samson Raphael Hirsch.
Horeb is a network of schools in Jerusalem, named after Hirsch's work, attended by many Americans.

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