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Some scholars speculate that Mount Karkom, located in Israel’s Negev Desert, is the biblical Mount Sinai. Others hold that the mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments is in Egypt’s Sinai Desert. Regardless, Har Karkom, as it is known in Hebrew, is an ancient site, with petroglyphs and dozens of altars dating to the third millennium BCE. A 12-stone altar could correspond to the one Moses built with 12 pillars, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

For background, please see:

• Har Karkom, a site of petroglyphs and altars
• An altar of 12 stones mentioned in Exodus 24:4

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