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MOUNT
MOUNT
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short
for mountain. According to the
Bible
, Mount Sinai was the
place
where
Moses
received the Ten
Commandments
(the ten
laws
forming the
fundamental
moral code
of
Israel
) from
God
.
Moses
, the
leader
of the
Israelites
, went up on the mountain and
God
shrouded the mountain in a cloud and made thunder, lightning and
trumpet
blasts come forth from the mountain, then gave the
commandments
to
Moses
. Two of these are "
Honor
thy
father and
mother
" and "
Thou shalt
not kill."
See also
thy
and
thou
in this glossary.
—
State
of
Man
Congress
Approved Gls (14.5.92)