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To the northwest of this mountain is a large plain and a massive split rock that shows signs of water erosion (Rephidim is also where Moses is recorded as striking a rock and water coming from it for the parched Hebrews). [7] The plain, or wadi runs from this split rock all the way to Jabal Maqla.
Moses with Tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt, 1659. Mount Horeb (/ ˈ h ɔːr ɛ b /; Hebrew: הַר חֹרֵב Har Ḥōrēḇ; Greek in the Septuagint: Χωρήβ, Chōrēb; Latin in the Vulgate: Horeb) is the mountain at which the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God, according to the Book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew Bible.
Al Naslaa rock in 2021. The Al Naslaa rock is a landform 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the Tayma oasis in Saudi Arabia.It is a large sandstone rock split neatly down the middle into two parts, both balanced on small pedestals. [1]
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Moses at the Rock of Horeb, Moses and the Water from the Rock of Horeb, or Moses Striking the Rock, is a 1669–1670 or 1670–1674 oil on canvas painting by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, still in the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville for which it was originally painted. [1] It was restored in 2018. [2]
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During the Exodus, Moses stretches his hand with the staff to part the Red Sea. While in the "wilderness" after leaving Egypt, Moses follows God's command to strike a rock with the rod to create a spring for the Israelites to drink from (Exodus 17:5–7). Moses does so, and water springs forth from the rock in the presence of the Elders of Israel.