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SINAI.
35i
never in its solemn desolation be
forgotten, even should one be callous
and steeled against all its sacred asso-
ciations.
As we gaze entranced and awe-
struck the question is sure to arise-
Is this the spot whence the Law was
given to Israel ? Jebel Miisa is not a
single peak, but is, as we have said., an
almost isolated block, its northern ex-
tremity rising in inaccessible cliffs from
the great plain Er Rahah, whilst its
south-eastern extremity presents an
abrupt front to Wady Seba'iyeh. This
south-eastern peak (the highest point in
the mass) is very imposing from the
valley beneath, but a single glance - the chapel and grotto ok elijah, jebel musa.
, , , - , This gigantic cvpress is one of the world-famous trees. In Niebuhr's time there
snows that no large body 01 people were two of them.
35i
never in its solemn desolation be
forgotten, even should one be callous
and steeled against all its sacred asso-
ciations.
As we gaze entranced and awe-
struck the question is sure to arise-
Is this the spot whence the Law was
given to Israel ? Jebel Miisa is not a
single peak, but is, as we have said., an
almost isolated block, its northern ex-
tremity rising in inaccessible cliffs from
the great plain Er Rahah, whilst its
south-eastern extremity presents an
abrupt front to Wady Seba'iyeh. This
south-eastern peak (the highest point in
the mass) is very imposing from the
valley beneath, but a single glance - the chapel and grotto ok elijah, jebel musa.
, , , - , This gigantic cvpress is one of the world-famous trees. In Niebuhr's time there
snows that no large body 01 people were two of them.