And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Parallel translations
- WEB They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- BSB They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- NKJV They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
- NASB They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.
- NLT They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
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Quick answer
Israel moves from Ezion Geber and camps at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. Kadesh was a pivotal site of testing and rebellion during the wanderings.
Overview
Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin was the place from which the spies were sent and where Israel's unbelief led to forty years of wandering (Numbers 13-14), and where Moses struck the rock (Numbers 20). Listing it here recalls both the failure and the faithfulness of God who kept His covenant despite the people's sin. It points forward to the need for a faithful Mediator who would not falter where Israel did.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 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.
- Num 27:14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Num 13:21So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
- Deut 32:51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
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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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