The Wilderness of Zin was a desert region in the far south of Canaan, near the border of Edom. Kadesh lay within or on its edge. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua in the King James text.
About Wilderness of Zin
The Wilderness of Zin was a desert region in the far south of Canaan, near the border of Edom. Kadesh lay within or on its edge.
Its place in the story
Israel camped in the Wilderness of Zin, and from Kadesh in Zin the spies were sent into the land. There Miriam died, and there Moses struck the rock in disobedience. It marked the southern boundary of the land in the tribal allotments.
Wilderness of Zin in Scripture (KJV)
“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”
“Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.”
“For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”
“Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:”
“And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:”
“Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.”
“This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.”
The Wilderness of Zin was a desert region in the far south of Canaan, near the border of Edom. Kadesh lay within or on its edge. The name appears in Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua in the King James text.
What happened at Wilderness of Zin?
Israel camped in the Wilderness of Zin, and from Kadesh in Zin the spies were sent into the land. There Miriam died, and there Moses struck the rock in disobedience. It marked the southern boundary of the land in the tribal allotments.