But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
Parallel translations
- WEB but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
- KJV But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
- NKJV for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
- NASB For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,
- NLT When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,
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Quick answer
Jephthah recounts how Israel came from Egypt through the wilderness to Kadesh. He begins the historical defense of Israel's claim.
Overview
Tracing Israel's route from Egypt to the Red Sea and Kadesh, Jephthah establishes the factual record of the journey. The retelling grounds his argument in the events of Numbers and Deuteronomy. This appeal to redemptive history shows that Israel's possession of the land flowed from God's saving acts, not theft.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Num 14:25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Deut 1:40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Num 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Num 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Gen 14:7Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
- Deut 1:46For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
- Josh 5:6For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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