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The article as it stands makes the uncited claim that it is thus eminently possible that the "Wilderness of Sin" and the "Wilderness of Zin" are the same place.
According to Numbers 33:11, the Wilderness of סִין with a samekh is right next to the Sea of Reeds. Whether or not you think that actually refers to the Red Sea is irrelevant, it's definitely closer to Egypt than it is to Israel, all the more so Jordan. And according to Numbers 33:36, the Wilderness of צִין with a tsadi is equivalent to Kadesh, generally considered to refer to Petra. There's twenty-five encampment spots and forty years between the two.
It's not "eminently possible" whatsoever that the Wildnerness of Sin is somehow equivalent to the Wilderness of Zin. Just because the Septuagint and the Vulgate don't distinguish the two doesn't mean the Hebrew text — the text it was written in — can't. Unless the Red Sea is bordering Petra now, there's no way these two deserts are equivalent.
Isaacmayer9 (talk) 23:16, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps we should include a map of both the biblical Zin desert map and the modern Israel Zin desert map. I think that would be a beneficial addition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.66.243.66 (talk) 14:36, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
