Kadesh

Kadesh (Kadesh-barnea, En-mishpat), an important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin, was a key location during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings.

The name Kadesh means “holiness”

PlaceOld Testament6 books26 verses

Summary

A location first mentioned at Numbers 32:8; referred to as Kadesh (קָדֵשׁ), Kedesh (קֶ֫דֶשׁ), Kadesh-barnea (קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ), or En-mishpat (עֵין מִשְׁפָּט).

Glossary entries

Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea En-mishpat Kedesh

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Mentions

  1. Genesis 14:7עֵין מִשְׁפָּט · En-mishpat; קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  2. Genesis 16:14קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
  3. Genesis 20:1קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
  4. Numbers 13:26קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    …and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
  5. Numbers 20:1קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
  6. Numbers 20:14קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
  7. Numbers 20:16קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    …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.
  8. Numbers 20:22קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
  9. Numbers 27:14קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    …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.
  10. Numbers 32:8קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
  11. Numbers 33:36קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
  12. Numbers 33:37קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.
  13. Numbers 34:4קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    …cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,
  14. Deuteronomy 1:2קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
  15. Deuteronomy 1:19קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
  16. Deuteronomy 1:46קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
  17. Deuteronomy 2:14קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
  18. Deuteronomy 9:23קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
  19. Joshua 10:41קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.
  20. Joshua 14:6קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
  21. Joshua 14:7קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
  22. Joshua 15:3קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ · Kadesh-barnea
    …proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.
  23. Joshua 15:23קֶ֫דֶשׁ · Kadesh
    Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan,
  24. Judges 11:16קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
  25. Judges 11:17קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
  26. Psalm 29:8קָדֵשׁ · Kadesh
    The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.