Mt. Horeb = Mt. Sinai?

[Old_Joe]

Are Mount Horeb and Mount Sinai the same mountain? The reason I ask is because Exodus 3:12 reads,
[quote]He answered, "I will be with you; and this shall be your proof that it is I who have sent you: when you bring my people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this very mountain."[/quote]

Do they stop there at some other point along their journey?

[Laudate_Dominum]

My understanding is that Mount Horeb is just another name for Mount Sinai. I'm not sure what the arguments are in favor of the opposing view (namely that they are two distinct locations), but I don't know how many people actually argue such a view these days anyway.

I would suggest looking up Mount Horeb in a good Bible dictionary if you are still curious.

I just found a very mediocre Protestant bible dictionary online which has this to say:

"Horeb - Desert or mountain of the dried-up ground, a general name for the whole mountain range of which Sinai was one of the summits (Exodus 3:1; 17:6; 33:6; Psalm 106:19, etc.). The modern name of the whole range is Jebel Musa. It is a huge mountain block, about 2 miles long by about 1 in breadth, with a very spacious plain at its north-east end, called the Er Rahah, in which the Israelites encamped for nearly a whole year"