“And Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was all smoking, because the Lord had descended on it in fire. Its smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. And when the trumpet blast sounded for a long time and became louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with his voice. Then the Lord descended on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up." (Exodus 19:17-20, Macarthur, 1997) In the desert of Sinai there is a holy and sacred mountain, Mount Sinai (Jebel Musa), “the mountain of Moses”. This sacred mountain once made the Israelites tremble with fear at the site of thick smoke and the loud sound of trumpets at the descent of the Lord. The Lord spoke to Moses at the top of Mount Sinai while this thick smoke created by the hand of the Lord covered the mountain, preventing the Israelites from contemplating the holiness of the Lord and anyone who touched the base of the mountain would die. Regardless of the gravity of what would happen to the Israelites if they disobeyed the Lord, Mount Sinai became this “sacred” place, a holy land, where Moses (who was the son of a Jewish slave, born in Egypt and called by the name of the Lord to deliver the Israelites from exile in the promised land) was once in the presence of the Almighty, Jealous, Holy and Almighty Yahweh. Standing in the presence of the Lord, Moses received the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were two stone tablets, brought to life by the spoken word of the Lord, a symbolic covenant with the Israelites by the Lord. From a biblical and theological point of view, Mo…… half of the sheet……., 1994), pp. 73-89. Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. http://www.jstor.org/stable/124865 Retrieved November 8, 2013Kessler, N. S (1968) Mount Sinai's Height Stirs Imagination with Holiness The Hartford Courant (1923-1987); ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Hartford Courant (1764-1987) pg. 1A Retrieved November 7, 2013 Kern, E. (1987) Book Review: Mount Fuji and Mount Sinai: A Critique of Idols Missiology: An International Review 15: 387-388, Retrieved November 5, 2013 Kochler, S. & Levi, D. ( 2012) Perception of sacredness in religious sites, environment and behavior, October 2013 45:912-930, accessed 8 November 2013MacArthur, J. (1997). The MacArthur Study Bible: New King James Version. Nashville: Word Bibles.Turner, V. (1978) Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture: Anthropological Perspectives, pp. 249-251 ("Notes on procedural symbolic analysis").