What is the…
Wilderness of Sin

This is one of the places that the Israelites wandered after their exodus from Egypt. It lays somewhere between Elim and Sinai (Exodus 16:1; compare Numbers 33:11-12).

This is where the Israelites rested during their exodus for some days and began to to murmur on account of their lack nourishment, as they had by this time consumed all the corn they brought with them out of Egypt. God heard their murmurings, and gave them miraculous “manna” and then an abundance of quails.

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• What is the Sinai, and what is its signficance?
• Sin, the city
• Sinite
• the land of Sinim
• Similar name: Wilderness of Zin (possibly the same place)
• What is The Exodus?
• What is the Book of Exodus?
• What is the Red Sea, and what is its significance in Biblical history?
• About deserts and wilderness in the Bible
• manna
• quail
• miracles
• sin-offering
• Places of the Bible