Zin
The Wilderness of Zin was a desert region south of Judah where the Israelites encamped during their wilderness wanderings .
The name Zin means “buckler; coldness”
PlaceOld Testament3 books9 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 13:21; only referred to as Zin (צִן).
Location
- Certainty
- Likely (88% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
- Coordinates
- 30.971° N, 35.325° E
Alternative names
- צִןZin
Mentions
- So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- …for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
- They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea,
- …cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
- For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
- Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:
- …proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.