Sin is the proper name of a wilderness from which Israel traveled and where it camped.

The term is used as the proper name of a wilderness, identifying the place Israel entered, departed from, or camped in during its journeys.

1. Name of a wilderness on Israel's route · dominant

   All four occurrences are marked Noun · Proper and identify a wilderness in Israel's movements. In Exodus 16:1 the APB renders the group as coming to “the wilderness of Sin,” while Exodus 17:1 and Numbers 33:12 render departure from it; Numbers 33:11 renders a camp there.

   Exodus 16:1Exodus 17:1Numbers 33:11Numbers 33:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB consistently presents the name in the phrase “the wilderness of Sin,” whether Israel comes there, leaves there, or camps there. The verse is read as a whole, but its place-name presentation accords with the proper-noun morphology.