Bible Location
Meaning: bush · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Wilderness of Sin was the desert stretch between Elim and Sinai. It is important because it was the setting for the giving of manna and quail when Israel first faced hunger after leaving Egypt. First appears in Exod 16:1.1
Place meaning
bush
Coordinates
28.84, 33.42
First appears
Exod 16:1
AI summary: Sin is significant because it is where sustained daily dependence begins to be learned. The people complain there about food, and God answers with manna and quail, establishing a pattern of provision that shapes Israel's wilderness life. Its place in the itinerary also shows the gradual movement from Red Sea deliverance toward Sinai covenant. The cross references present the Wilderness of Sin as a desert of hunger, complaint, and daily bread from God.1
Place meaning
bush
Latitude
28.84
Longitude
33.42
Bible references
4
Lying between Elim and sinai (Ex. 16:1; comp. Num. 33:11, 12). This was probably the narrow plain of el-Markha, which stretches along the eastern shore of the Red Sea for several miles toward the promontory of Ras Mohammed, the southern extremity of the Sinitic Peninsula. While the Israelites rested here for some days they began to murmur on account of the want of nourishment, as they had by this time consumed all the corn they had brought with them out of Egypt. God heard their murmurings, and gave them “manna” and then quails in abundance. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.