Numbers 20:1
Then came the sons of Israel the whole assembly, into the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people dwelt in Kadesh,—and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
2And there was no water for the assembly,—so they gathered together against Moses and against Aaron.
Cross References
Genesis 14:7So they returned and came in unto En-mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,—and the Amorites also that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar,
Exodus 2:7Then said his sister unto Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse, of the Hebrew women,—that she may nurse for thee the child?
Numbers 12:1And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, on account of the Cushite woman whom he had taken,—for, a Cushite woman, had he taken.
Numbers 12:15So Miriam shut herself up, outside the camp, for seven days,—and, the people, set not forward, until Miriam had been received back.
Numbers 13:26So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh,—and brought back word—unto them and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 20:28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there, in the top of the mount,—and Moses and Eleazar came down out of the mount.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:1
At this chapter begins the history of the fortieth year (which was the last year) of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness. And since the beginning of their second year, when they were sentenced to perform their quarantine in the desert, there to wear away the tedious revolution of forty years, there is little recorded concerning them till this last year, which brought them to the borders of Canaan, and the history of this year is almost as large as the history of the first year. This chapter gives an… Read the whole commentary →