The covenant was taken from the Israelites under many forewarnings and portends, telling them to act according to the Scripture's contents which is the LAW and the commandments - ``We took a covenant with you''! and you said: ``All that the LORD hath spoken we will do!''

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      (MOUNT SINAI, is a sacred mountain in BIBLICAL HISTORY. As early as the 4th century A.D. when Christian pilgrimages to HOLY SITES became common, the location of this mountain was believed to be within the mountains at the apex of the Sinai Peninsula. Among rival claims; JEBAL-MUSA, with its North western peak; RAS - AL - SAFSAFEH, apears the most likely. Some modern scholars seeing allusions to volcanoes in the narrative of EXODUS 19, have sought SINAI in the volcanic area of Midian in ARABIA. Others have argued for a position nearer KADESH in Southern Palestine. Neither of these areas, however can be as easily fitted to the HEBREW TRADITIONS of the wilderness wandering, as the traditional site with its ancient associations. (TRANSLATOR'S NOTE)

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