They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
- BSB They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
- NKJV They moved from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.
- NASB And they journeyed from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
- NLT They left the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
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Quick answer
From the Red Sea they journeyed to the wilderness of Sin. They press deeper into the desert wanderings.
Overview
Israel travels into the wilderness of Sin, the region where God would later provide manna and quail. The itinerary marks the setting for some of the wilderness provisions and grumblings recorded in Exodus. It reminds readers that even in barren places God sustained His people, anticipating Christ as the true bread from heaven.
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- Exod 16:1They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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