sin wilderness of

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sin wilderness of - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Sin, Wilderness of
  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.