Eilat: A View of Freedom From The Southern Tip of The Promised Land
- Kimberly Davis
- Jun 9, 2025
- 5 min read
Updated: Jun 15, 2025
Eilat:
A View of Freedom From The Southern Tip of The Promised Land
by Kimberly Davis
In Israel, there are many tours that will take you to “Mount Saint.” The Destination for such tours is an Eastern part of Egypt called Sinai. After much research and study of Hashem's Holy Word, one cannot help but to question the legitimacy of this declared spot of the place where Hashem gave His Jewish Israelite people the Torah.
Why do I say this?
First, and likely the most obvious reason, is that when Hashem brought. His people out of Egypt through a series of miracles and the parting of the Reed Sea, Hashem brought the Hebrews (the Israelites) OUT OF EGYPT! The current proposed place of Mount Sinai is still located in Egypt.
Secondly, the mountain that is currently proposed as Mount Sinai does not have a black top. We must remember that when Hashem came to meet Moshe, He came in full glory: fire, smoke, and thunder, which (likely) burned the place where His glory touched. We needn't look further than volcanic rock to understand what the top of Mount Sinai should look like. The volcanic rock, thus, would be the tell-tale sign eternally that Hashem's glory had been in the place.
Thirdly, there should be other Biblical evidence of events mentioned during the Exodus that were present at the time of the giving of the Torah to the Jewish Israelites from Mount Sinai.
Key Signs of The Real Mount Sinai:
Of utmost note:
Mount Sinai should be located in or near Midean: As noted above, when Moshe and the Israelites crossed the Reed Sea, Moshe met with his father-in-law Jethro. Jethro was a Mideanite. We know this from the accounts of Moshe's meeting his wife after fleeing Egypt when he killed an Egyptian. Other accounts in Exodus also declare that Jethro returned to (or came from Midean) when meeting with Moshe.
Midean is in Modern Day Saudi Arabia.
There should be evidences of the boundaries Moshe set in place so that no Israelite (person or animal) would touch the mountain and die.
There should be evidence of the golden calf altar.
There should be evidence of springs of water, which Hashem made to appear for His people in the middle of the dry dessert lands.
The Mount should be along the line closest to the Edom, which was the destination to which Moshe took the Israelites after receiving the Torah.
Edom is near modern day Petra on the east side Jordan.
Edom is also the place where the Edomites (the brothers and relatives of the Israelites) refused the Israelites safe passage.
This route was declared by Hashem to be the "long way round" to the promised land, incase they saw war and would turn back to Egypt and false gods.
The short route is the one that would go from Sinai, Egypt thru modern Gaza (then Philistine territory) up the west coast to the promised land.
The point of the crossing of the Sea of Reeds was near (modern) Eilat, which is mentioned in later scriptures when discussing the wars of the kings of Israel.
Signs of the False Mount Sinai:
None of these facts can be said about the current place of the declared Mount Sinai. In fact, doing some research indicates that the current site of Mount Sinai in Egypt was not established until the times of the Catholics and continued well into the Crusades. During this time, a monastery was built at the site and was thus called Mount Sinai, yet it is in name only.
The monastery was built by order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527–565), enclosing the Chapel of the Burning Bush (also known as "Saint Helen's Chapel") ordered to be built by Empress-Consort Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, at the site where Moses is supposed to have seen the burning bush.[5] The bush on the grounds is said to be the one seen by Moses.[6] Structurally the monastery's king post truss is the oldest known surviving roof truss in the world.[7]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery)
5. Schrope, Mark (September 6, 2012). "In the Sinai, a global team is revolutionizing the preservation of ancient manuscripts". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
6. "Is the Burning Bush Still Burning?". Friends of Mount Sinai Monastery. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
7. Feilden, Bernard M.. Conservation of historic buildings. 3rd ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 2003. p. 51. ISBN 0750658630
The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia:
There have been several documentaries indicating that the real Mount Sinai has been found in Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, the mountain is known as Jabal al-Lawz.
From the documentaries, you can see the signs mentioned above:
A blackened top.
Stone pillars that marked the boundaries of safety.
The altar of the golden calf worship.
Nearby is the "split rock," which proved to keep both Aaron and Moshe out of the promised land when they struck the rock instead of speaking to it, as Hashem commanded.
Also close by are 12 springs surrounded by palms (indicative of the first possible resting place of the Israelites).
The Mountain is located in Saudi Arabia, which gives credence to the promise Hashem made to Moshe at the burning bush, "I will bring you back here to this mountain with your people." The mountain was named Mount Horeb in the burning bush account.
Jubal al-Lawz lays in a logical path to biblical Edom, and is a far distance away from Gaza and the Philistine territory, which Hashem promised to keep the Hebrews away from.
Given these fact, it would be fascinating to visit the sites in Saudi Arabia to see first-hand what truths Hashem could reveal about the history of His Jewish people and our Jewish ancestors.
The View of Freedom:
It is hard to put into words the breath-taking environment of Eilat. The color of the water, the colors of the fish in the coral reefs, the beauty of the mixed mountains and sea. Standing there, I could only think to praise Hashem for His mercy to our ancestors. After 430 years of harsh, abusive slavery, Hashem brought the Jewish people to a literal paradise. Though on the other side of the Aqaba, the view (I'm sure) is much the same!
If you truly take in the beauty, all that can really be said is "Baruch Hashem!" and "Hodu Adonai, ki tov!"
Am Yisrael Chai!
Kimberly Davis
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