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Zin Desert
The Wilderness of Zin/Desert of Zin (Hebrew: מדבר צן, Midbar Tzin) is a geographic area mentioned by the Torah as containing Kadesh-Barnea within it[1]; most scholars, as well as traditional sources, consequently identify this wilderness as being part of the Arabah[2].
The similarly named wilderness of Sin is mentioned by the bible as being adjacent to Mount Sinai; many modern scholars consider Sinai to refer to al-Madhbah at Petra, adjacent to the central Arabah, and it is thus eminently possible that the wilderness of Sin and the wilderness of Zin are actually the same place.
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