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Place

Kadesh Barnea

wilderness camp

Wilderness location associated with spying out Canaan and Israel's wandering.

28 appearances7 Bible books2 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Oasis on the southern edge of in the from which the twelve spies are sent into the land. After Israel refuses to enter, the generation is condemned to wander, and Kadesh becomes the recurring base of the wilderness years. dies and is buried there, and at the waters of -kadesh and strike the rock instead of speaking to it and are barred from entering the land. The kings of refuse Israel passage from there.

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Modern location: Ain el Qudeirat. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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All appearances28