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Numbers 13:21 צִ֥ן Zin

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

Here: The Wilderness of Zin is the dry upland around Kadesh (Num 20:1; 27:14; 33:36). Later texts make it the southern border of the land (Num 34:3–4; Josh 15:1–3). Do not confuse it with the Wilderness of Sin (Exod 16:1), which is spelled with a different first letter and lies near Sinai.

Numbers 20:1 צִן֙ Zin

In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Here: The Wilderness of Zin, the arid region on the southern edge of Canaan around Kadesh (compare Num 34:3–4). It is a different place from the Wilderness of "Sin" near Egypt (Exod 16:1), which is spelled with a different Hebrew letter.

Numbers 27:14 צִ֗ן צִֽן׃ פ Zin

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.

Here: The Zin wilderness, the dry region on Canaan's southern edge around Kadesh (Num 34:3–4). It is spelled differently from the Wilderness of Sin near Egypt (Exod 16:1), and English readers often confuse the two.

Numbers 33:36 צִ֖ן Zin

They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

Numbers 34:3 צִ֖ן 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,

Numbers 34:4 צִ֔נָה Zin towards

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,

Deuteronomy 32:51 צִ֑ן Zin

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.

Here: The dry region on the southern edge of Canaan. It is spelled differently from the Wilderness of Sin in Exodus 16:1, is a separate place, and has nothing to do with the English word "sin."

Joshua 15:1 צִ֛ן Zin

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:

Here: The wilderness of Zin is the dry region around Kadesh-barnea, where Israel spent its wilderness years (Num 13:21; 20:1). It is a different place from the wilderness of Sin in Exodus 16.

Joshua 15:3 צִ֔נָה Zin towards

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.