SIN, or Zin, a City and Desart to the South of the Holy Land, in Arabia Petrea It gave its Name to the Wilderness of Sin, in the same Country. The Scripture distinguishes two Cities and two Desarts of Sin, one is wrote purely Sin, with Samech, Jod, Nun. The other is writ Zin, or Tzin, with See Num. xiii. 22. xxvii. 14. & xxxiv. 3.Tzade, Jod, Nun. The first was nearer Egypt and the Red-sea. The Hebrews were no sooner out of this Sea, but they found themselves in the Wilderness of Exod. xvi. 1. & xvii. 1.Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai: ‘Twas there that God rain’d Manna upon them.
The second is also to the South of Palestine, but inclining more towards the Deuteron. xxxii. 51.Dead-sea. Kadesh was in the Desart of Zin: ‘Twas from this Wilderness that they sent out the Spies, to examine the Land of Num. xiii. 21. Numbers xxvii. 14. Numbers xxxiv. 3. Josh. xv. 3.Promise: ‘Twas here that Moses and Aaron offended the Lord, at the Waters of Strife. The Land of Canaan, and the Portion of the Tribe of Judah, had the Desart of Zin, or Zina, for their Southermost Limit.