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SIN

(Heb. sîn)

(PLACE)

1. A wilderness area between Elim and Mt. Sinai through which Moses and the Israelites crossed. Sin is either on the southwestern side of the Sinai Peninsula (southern Exodus route) or in the vicinity of central Sinai (northern route). The wilderness of Sin (Exod. 16-17; Num. 33:11-12) is to be distinguished from the wilderness of Zin (v. 36); the Israelites crossed the wilderness of Sin at the beginning of the Exodus and entered the wilderness of Zin more than a year later. In the wilderness of Sin God first gave manna to the grumbling Israelites (Exod. 16:2-21), and there God provided quail (Num. 11:31-32). The similarity between Sin (sîn) and Sinai (sînay) suggests a morphological connection.

2. An Egyptian border fortress in the northeastern corner of the Nile Delta (Ezek. 30:15-16).

See Pelusium.

Pete F. Wilbanks






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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