Kadesh-barnea
Kadesh-barnea appears in 24 verses of the Bible, from Genesis to Judges.
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Kadesh-barnea was the desert oasis where Israel refused to enter Canaan after the spies' report and was sentenced to forty years in the wilderness.
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Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 14:7 · Read the chapter -
to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land.
Numbers 13:26 · Read the chapter -
Normally it takes only eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh-barnea, going by way of Mount Seir.
Deuteronomy 1:2 · Read the chapter -
Joshua slaughtered them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from the region around the town of Goshen up to Gibeon.
Joshua 10:41 · Read the chapter -
When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,
Judges 11:16 · Read the chapter
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