Numbers 20:1 BSB — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Num. 20 and Num. 21 narrate the journey of the people from Kadesh round Mount Seir to the heights of Pisgah, near the Jordan, and the various incidents connected with that journey (compare Num 33:37-41). This formed the third and last stage of the progress of Israel from Sinai to Canaan, and took place in the fortieth year of the Exodus. The incidents are apparently not narrated in a strictly chronological order (see Num 21:1).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here dies Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron, and as it should seem older than either of them. She must have been so if she was that sister that was set to watch Moses when he was put into the ark of bulrushes, Exod. ii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Between Nu 19:22 and Nu 20:1 there is a long and undescribed interval of thirty-seven years. the people abode in Kadesh--supposed to be what is now known as Ain-el-Weibeh, three springs surrounded by palms. It was their second arrival after an interval of thirty-eight years (De 2:14).

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they came	H935 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל	Yis.ra.'el	Israel	H3478 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָ֨עֵדָ֤ה	ha.'e.Dah	the congregation	H5712 →
מִדְבַּר־	mid.bar-	[the] wilderness of	H4057 →
צִן֙	tzin	Zin	H6790 →
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ	ba.Cho.desh	in the month	H2320 →
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן	ha.ri.Shon	<the> first	H7223 →
וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and it remained	H3427 →
הָעָ֖ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ	be.ka.Desh	in Kadesh	H6946 →
וַתָּ֤מָת	va.Ta.mot	and she died	H4191 →
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
מִרְיָ֔ם	mir.Yam	Miriam	H4813 →
וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר	va.ti.ka.Ver	and she was buried	H6912 →
שָֽׁם׃	Sham	there	H8033 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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.
leads to
- Psalms 150:4
  Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
- 1 Samuel 18:6
  As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…
- Psalms 68:25
  The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Psalms 149:3
  Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- Judges 11:34
  And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
Through
Numbers 13:21
So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
leads to
- 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 independent paths from here.
Through
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…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:37
  The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
- Deuteronomy 32:51–52
  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.

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