Sinaean

Sinai (Horeb, Oreb). 227; P. R. 1. 351; Nativity 158; P. L. 1. 7, 484; 11.74; 12. Church-gov. (2. 3) 3. 167; Apology 2. 15; 307; Divorce (2. 3) 4. 65; (8) 3. MS. 2. 109. Mount Sinai, otherwise called placed in the Sinaitic peninsula. (2. 11) 4. 91; (2. 22) 4. 129; Horeb and Oreb, is usually Milton’s references are based on Exodus 19-34. A comparison of P. L. 11. 73-76 with P. L. 12. 227-30 suggests that he identified the two, though P. L. 1. 7 Adrichomius, after giving the gives the opposite impre ion. opinion of Jerome that one mountain is known by two names, concludes that the two are distinct, but connected at their bases, Sinai being higher than Horeb. On his map he shows two mountains so joined. On the summit of Oreb is Moses, his hands supported by Aaron and Hur, while the Israeli tes and A male kites Farther down the slope is the scene of the fight on the plain. burning bush, and at the foot Moses bringing water from the Near at hand is the cave of Elijah. (1 Kings 19. 8-9.) rock. On the summit of Sinai,’ Moses, kneeling, receives from the hand of God, who appears in glory, the tables of the law, and at Various (Pp. 116, 122.) the foot he casts them on the ground. opinions about Oreb and Sinai, as represented in the accounts of travelers, are given by Purchas. {Pilgrimes 2. 1376 ff.) 284