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Kadesh-barnea

Wilderness of Zin (southern desert) · Old Testament · 27 verses

Kadesh-barnea is the fuller name for the oasis of Kadesh on the southern border of Canaan. It was a chief camping place in the wilderness. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 4 more in the King James text.

About Kadesh-barnea

Kadesh-barnea is the fuller name for the oasis of Kadesh on the southern border of Canaan. It was a chief camping place in the wilderness.

Its place in the story

Kadesh-barnea was the point from which Israel could have entered the promised land but turned back in unbelief after the report of the spies. It is remembered as the place of Israel's failure and the beginning of the long wandering.

Kadesh-barnea in Scripture (KJV)

“And 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.”
Genesis 14:7 (KJV)
“Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.”
Genesis 16:14 (KJV)
“And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.”
Genesis 20:1 (KJV)
“And 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.”
Numbers 13:26 (KJV)
“Then 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.”
Numbers 20:1 (KJV)
“And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:”
Numbers 20:14 (KJV)
“And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:”
Numbers 20:16 (KJV)
“And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.”
Numbers 20:22 (KJV)

Kadesh-barnea is named 27 times in Scripture; 8 shown above.

Where it leads

Kadesh-barnea stands as a warning about unbelief, held up in Scripture as a call to the faith that rests in Christ.

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Kadesh-barnea is the fuller name for the oasis of Kadesh on the southern border of Canaan. It was a chief camping place in the wilderness. The name appears in Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy and 4 more in the King James text.

What happened at Kadesh-barnea?

Kadesh-barnea was the point from which Israel could have entered the promised land but turned back in unbelief after the report of the spies. It is remembered as the place of Israel's failure and the beginning of the long wandering.

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