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Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Israel's continued journey under Moses' leadership, moving from Ezion-geber to Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin. The words — The Hebrew verbs וַיִּסְעוּ (wayyis‘û) and וַיַּחֲנוּ (wayyaḥănû) literally mean "and they set out" and "and they encamped," denoting a direct departure and subsequent halt. The thread — This route links to Numbers 20:1, where the congregation first arrives at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, and to Numbers 27:14 and 13:21, which reference the same wilderness during the rebellion and the scout mission. Why it lands — The text requires tracking the precise sequence of Israel's movements through documented locations, asking the reader to note the geographical progression without inserting external commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they removed from Ezion–gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Cross-references
- Numbers 20:1 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 27:14 for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 13:21 So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
- Deuteronomy 32:51 For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.