Judges 11:16
in Judges 11But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
KJV
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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This verse in Judges 11
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The bravest officers have always been averse to war; so Jephthah, whose courage was indisputable, resolved not only to make it clearly appear that hostilities were forced upon him, but to try measures for avoiding, if possible, an appeal to arms: and in pursuing such a course he was acting as became a leader in Israel (De 20:10-18).
This site's exposition
when Israel came up out of Egypt
on Judges 11:16-18
The route follows Numbers 20:14-21 and 21:4-13: Kadesh, Edom's refusal, the long way around Edom and Moab, and camp beyond the Arnon without entering Moab. The argument needs one fact, "the Arnon was its border," so the ground north of the river lay outside Moab when Israel reached it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But when Israel came up from Egypt,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Until the Reed Sea. South of the land of Edom, while the land of Edom is south of the land of Canaan.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Please allow me to traverse your country. From south to north, in order to enter the land of Canaan.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֖י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בַּעֲלוֹתָ֣ם | baalotam | when came up they | H5927 → | 890 times |
| מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם | mimitzrayim | from Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and it went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ | bamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יַם־ | yam- | [the] sea of | H3220 → | 396 times |
| ס֔וּף | suf | reed[s] | H5488 → | |
| וַיָּבֹ֖א | vaiyavo' | and it came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| קָדֵֽשָׁה׃ | kadeshah | Kadesh towards | H6946 → |
כִּ֖יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
בַּעֲלוֹתָ֣םwhen came up they
baalotamH5927 →890 times
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִםfrom Egypt
mimitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְand it went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙in the wilderness
bamidbarH4057 →270 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יַם־[the] sea of
yam-H3220 →396 times
ס֔וּףreed[s]
sufH5488 →
וַיָּבֹ֖אand it came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
קָדֵֽשָׁה׃Kadesh towards
kadeshahH6946 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 5:6For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the…
it leads to
- Numbers 14:23
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Deuteronomy 2:14
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had…
- Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
- Deuteronomy 1:3
In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
- Numbers 14:23
Through
Numbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 33:36
Through
Numbers 14:25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:40
But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Deuteronomy 1:40
Through
Deuteronomy 1:40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
it leads to
- Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
- Numbers 14:25
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.