Numbers 20:1

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The Israelites Complain Again Then the entire community of Israel entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

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  • Num 13:21 : 21 The Spies’ Activities So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.
  • Exod 15:20 : 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
  • Num 33:36 : 36 They traveled from Ezion Geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
  • Num 26:59 : 59 Now the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister.
  • Num 27:14 : 14 For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water– the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”
  • Num 12:1 : 1 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married(for he had married an Ethiopian woman).
  • Num 12:10 : 10 After the cloud had departed from above the tent, there was Miriam, leprous like snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and realized that she was leprous!
  • Num 12:15 : 15 So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in.
  • Num 20:16 : 16 So when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.
  • Exod 2:4 : 4 His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
  • Exod 2:7 : 7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter,“Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?”
  • Deut 1:22-23 : 22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.” 23 I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.
  • Deut 2:14 : 14 Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the LORD had vowed to them.
  • Deut 32:51 : 51 for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.
  • Ps 29:8 : 8 The LORD’s shout shakes the wilderness, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
  • Mic 6:4 : 4 In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

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  • Num 12:15-16
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    15So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in.

    16After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

  • Num 20:2-4
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    2And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

    3The people contended with Moses, saying,“If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4Why have you brought up the LORD’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?

  • Deut 24:9
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    9Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt.

  • Deut 34:8
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    8The Israelites mourned for Moses in the rift valley plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.

  • Num 12:10
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    10After the cloud had departed from above the tent, there was Miriam, leprous like snow. Then Aaron turned toward Miriam, and realized that she was leprous!

  • Num 20:22-24
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    22Aaron’s Death So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

    23And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said:

    24“Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

  • Exod 16:1-2
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    1The Provision of Manna When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt.

    2The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

  • Deut 10:6
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    6Conclusion of the Historical Resume“During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place.

  • Num 12:4-5
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    4The Response of the Lord The LORD spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam:“The three of you come to the tent of meeting.” So the three of them went.

    5And the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.

  • Num 27:13-14
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    13When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors.

    14For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water– the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.”

  • Num 20:29
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    29When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

  • Exod 15:20-24
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    20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.

    21Miriam sang in response to them,“Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

    22The Bitter Water Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the wilderness of Shur, walked for three days into the wilderness, and found no water.

    23Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter.(That is why its name was Marah.)

    24So the people murmured against Moses, saying,“What can we drink?”

  • Deut 32:50-51
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    50You will die on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and joined his deceased ancestors,

    51for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites.

  • Num 33:36-38
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    36They traveled from Ezion Geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

    37Wanderings from Kadesh to Moab They traveled from Kadesh and camped in Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom.

    38Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.

  • Num 14:2
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    2And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them,“If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness!

  • Num 16:41
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    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • Exod 17:1
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    1Water at Massa and Meribah The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the wilderness of Sin according to the LORD’s instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Deut 1:3
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    3However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the LORD had instructed him to do.

  • Num 20:13
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    13These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them.

  • Num 14:39
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    39When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly.

  • Num 12:1
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    1Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married(for he had married an Ethiopian woman).

  • Num 17:12
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    12The Israelites said to Moses,“We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!

  • Deut 34:5-6
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    5So Moses, the servant of the LORD, died there in the land of Moab as the LORD had said.

    6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day.

  • Deut 1:1
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    1¶ The Covenant Setting This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab.

  • Exod 17:3
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    3But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said,“Why in the world did you bring us up from Egypt– to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”

  • 2 Kgs 13:20
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    20Elisha died and was buried. Moabite raiding parties invaded the land at the beginning of the year.

  • Num 33:48
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    48They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the rift valley plains by Moab along the Jordan River across from Jericho.

  • 1 Chr 6:3
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    3The children of Amram:Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.The sons of Aaron:Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.