'Wilderness' in the Bible

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.