Numbers 20:1
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.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died 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
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Numbers 13:21
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
Read in contextExodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Read in contextNumbers 33:36
And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
Read in contextNumbers 26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Read in contextNumbers 27:14
For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
Read in contextNumbers 12:1
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Read in contextPsalms 29:8
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Read in contextNumbers 20:16
And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
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