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.

2 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.

3 The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

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BSB
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
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.
WEB
The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
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.
DARBY
And the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came into the wilderness of Zin, in the first month; and the people abode at Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
BLB
And the sons of Israel came, all the congregation, into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.
ÅB
I den første måned[^1] kom Israels barn, hele menigheten, til ørkenen Sin, og folket ble en tid i Kades; der døde Mirjam, og der ble hun begravet;
OTB
I den første måneden kom hele Israels menighet til ørkenen Sin, og de ble i Kadesj. Miriam døde der og ble begravet.
B1930
I den første måned kom Israels barn, hele menigheten, til ørkenen Sin, og folket blev nogen tid i Kades; der døde Mirjam, og der blev hun begravet; / < i det firtiende år, 4MO 33, 38.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 13:21

    So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

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  • 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.

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  • Numbers 33:36

    They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

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  • Numbers 26:59

    and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

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  • 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 Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.

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  • Numbers 12:1

    Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

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  • Psalms 29:8

    The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

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  • Numbers 20:16

    and 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 territory.

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