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>Jos 15:3). It must have lain somewhere between Wady el-Fiqra (the ascent of Akrabbim?) and `Ain Qadis (Kadesh-barnea); but the site has not been recovered.
Where is Zin in the Bible?
The Wilderness of Zin was a desert region located south of Judah in what is now the Negev area of modern Israel. This arid wasteland served as a key location during the Israelites' forty-year wilderness wanderings, particularly associated with Kadesh-barnea, where the community encamped and from where Moses sent out the twelve spies to scout the Promised Land. The Wilderness of Zin appears prominently in the books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua, marking important moments in Israel's journey from Egypt to Canaan. Though the exact boundaries of this wilderness region remain uncertain among scholars, it is generally understood to have stretched between the ascent of Akrabbim and the area around Kadesh-barnea, making it a spiritually significant location in Israel's covenant history.
In Scripture3 biblical books; 2 with study content
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- Joshua
Zin
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)>Jos 15:3). It must have lain somewhere between Wady el-Fiqra (the ascent of Akrabbim?) and `Ain Qadis (Kadesh-barnea); but the site has not been recovered.
(2) The Wilderness of Zin is the tract deriving its name from the town (Nu 34:3). It is identified with the wilderness of Kadesh in Nu 33:36; while in other places Kadesh is said to be in the wilderness of Zin (Nu 20:1; 27:14; De 32:51). We may take it that the two names refer to the same region. The spies, who set out from Kadesh-barnea, explored the land from the wilderness of Zin northward (Nu 13:21; compare 32:8). It bordered with Judah "at the uttermost part of the south" (Jos 15:1). In this wilderness Moses committed the offense which cost him his hope of entering the promised land (Nu 27:14; De 32:51). It is identical with the uplands lying to the North and Northwest of the wilderness of Paran, now occupied by the `Azazimeh Arabs.
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