They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Parallel translations
- WEB They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- KJV And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
- 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.
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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 20:1The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Num 27:14because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
- Num 13:21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
- Deut 32:51because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among 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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