Sin ( ):

By: Emil G. Hirsch , Immanuel Benzinger

• 1. Egyptian city mentioned in Ezek. xxx. 15 et seq.; probably the ancient frontier fortress of Pelusium (so cited in Jerome); the modern Farama or Tine.
• 2. Desert on the Sinaitic Peninsula, situated "between Elim and Sinai" (Ex. xvi. 1, xvii. 1; Num. xxxiii. 12). It was a camping-place of the Israelites in their wanderings. See also Zin.