But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto 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;
- BSB But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to 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 14:25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
- Deut 1:40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
- Num 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
- Num 20:1Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Gen 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
- Deut 1:46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
- Josh 5:6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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Israel's cycle of sin and rescue through flawed deliverers cries out for a Savior who never fails — the true and final Judge and Deliverer who saves his people not for a season but forever.
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