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# Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea, Meribah Kadesh #
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## Facts: ##
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The names Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea, and Meribah Kadesh all refer to an important city in Israel's history which was located in the southern part of Israel, near the region of Edom.
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* The city of Kadesh was an oasis, a place where there was water and fertile soil in the middle of a desert named Zin.
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* Moses sent twelve spies into the land of Canaan from Kadesh Barnea.
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* Israel also encamped at Kadesh during the wandering in the wilderness.
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* Kadesh Barnea was where Miriam died.
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* It was at Meribah Kadesh where Moses disobeyed God and hit a rock to get water for the Israelites, instead of speaking to it as God had told him to do.
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* The name "kadesh" comes from the Hebrew word meaning "holy" or "set apart."
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
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(See also: [desert](../other/desert.md), [Edom](../names/edom.md), [holy](../kt/holy.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [Ezekiel 48:27-29](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/48/27)
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* [Genesis 14:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/14/07)
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* [Genesis 16:13-14](rc://en/tn/help/gen/16/13)
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* [Genesis 20:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/gen/20/01)
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* [Joshua 10:40-41](rc://en/tn/help/jos/10/40)
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* [Numbers 20:1](rc://en/tn/help/num/20/01)
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## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H4809, H6946, H6947
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