Numbers 13:26
in Numbers 13and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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 showed them the fruit of the land.
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.
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This verse in Numbers 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Kadesh is usually identified with Ain-el-Weibeh, which lies in the Arabah, about 10 miles north of the place in which Mount Hor abuts on that valley, (or with Ain-Gadis in Jebel Magrah).
This site's exposition
they returned from searching of the land
on Numbers 13:25-26
Forty days out, and Numbers 14:34 turns those forty days into forty years at the rate of a year for a day. They come back to Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran and report to Moses, Aaron and the whole congregation at once, so the camp hears the account at the same moment the leaders do. John Gill records the Jewish tradition placing the return on the eighth or the ninth of Ab, the day later mourning fixed on.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Kadesh - Kadesh-barnea, which some confound with Kadesh in the wilderness of Sin, into which they came not 'till the fortieth year after their coming out of Egypt, as appears from chap. xxxiii, 37, 38, whereas they were in this Kadesh in the second year, and before they received the sentence of their forty years abode in the wilderness.
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. 17 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
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And they went, and came to Moses, and to Aaron,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they came . . . to Kadesh--an important encampment of the Israelites. But its exact situation is not definitely known, nor is it determined whether it is the same or a different place from Kadesh-barnea.
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The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֨ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאֶֽל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֜ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וְאֶל־ | veel- | and to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲדַ֧ת | ʾadat | [the] congregation of | H5712 → | 149 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מִדְבַּ֥ר | midbar | [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| פָּארָ֖ן | paran | Paran | H6290 → | 11 times |
| קָדֵ֑שָׁה | kadeshah | Kadesh towards | H6946 → | 18 times |
| וַיָּשִׁ֨יבוּ | vaiyashivu | and they brought back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אוֹתָ֤ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּבָר֙ | davar | word | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה | haedah | the congregation | H5712 → | 149 times |
| וַיַּרְא֖וּם | vaiyarum | and they showed them | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| פְּרִ֥י | peri | [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיֵּלְכ֡וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֹשֶׁ֨הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְאֶֽל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
אַהֲרֹ֜ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וְאֶל־and to
veel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עֲדַ֧ת[the] congregation of
ʾadatH5712 →149 times
בְּנֵֽי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מִדְבַּ֥ר[the] wilderness of
midbarH4057 →270 times
פָּארָ֖ןParan
paranH6290 →11 times
קָדֵ֑שָׁהKadesh towards
kadeshahH6946 →18 times
וַיָּשִׁ֨יבוּand they brought back
vaiyashivuH7725 →1056 times
אוֹתָ֤ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
דָּבָר֙word
davarH1697 →1440 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הthe congregation
haedahH5712 →149 times
וַיַּרְא֖וּםand they showed them
vaiyarumH7200 →1300 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
פְּרִ֥י[the] fruit of
periH6529 →119 times
הָאָֽרֶץ׃the land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
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
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 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Numbers 13:21
Through
Deuteronomy 1:19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen.…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:2
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
- Deuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Jeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought…
- Deuteronomy 1:2
Through
Numbers 20:16and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your…
it leads to
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
- Exodus 14:19
Through
Numbers 33:36They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
it leads to
- 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 20:1
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
