Toponym Zin in the world's Bibles
Meaning of the name: buckler; coldness. Related names are: Kadesh, Israel, Meribah . The translations of Zin in 24 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Zain in Spanish to Mina in Estonian!
Wear it!So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. (NUM 13:21)
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. (NUM 20:1)
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. (NUM 27:14)
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. (NUM 27:14)
And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. (NUM 33:36)
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: (NUM 34:3)
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 Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon: (NUM 34:4)
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (DEU 32:51)
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. (JOS 15:1)
And it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: (JOS 15:3)