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Selected Verse: Numbers 20:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Nu 20:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there. |
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King James |
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE DEATH OF MIRIAM. (Num. 20:1-29)
Then came the children of Israel . . . into the desert of Zin in the first month--that is, of the fortieth year (compare Num 20:22-23, with Num 33:38). In this history only the principal and most important incidents are recorded, those confined chiefly to the first or second and the last years of the journeyings in the wilderness, thence called Et-Tih. Between Num 19:22 and Num 20:1 there is a long and undescribed interval of thirty-seven years.
the people abode in Kadesh--supposed to be what is now known as Ain-el-Weibeh, three springs surrounded by palms. (See on Num 13:26). It was their second arrival after an interval of thirty-eight years (Deu 2:14). The old generation had nearly all died, and the new one encamped in it with the view of entering the promised land, not, however, as formerly on the south, but by crossing the Edomite region on the east.
Miriam died there--four months before Aaron [Num 33:38]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Num. 20 and Num. 21 narrate the journey of the people from Kadesh round Mount Seir to the heights of Pisgah, near the Jordan, and the various incidents connected with that journey (compare Num 33:37-41). This formed the third and last stage of the progress of Israel from Sinai to Canaan, and took place in the fortieth year of the Exodus.
The incidents are apparently not narrated in a strictly chronological order (see Num 21:1). The leading purpose of Num. 20 seems to be to narrate the loss by the people of their original leaders before their entrance into the land of promise.
Even the whole congregation - This emphatic expression (compare Num 13:26; Num 14:1) points to a re-assembling of the people for the purpose of at last resuming the advance to the promised land. During the past 38 years the "congregation" had been bracken up. No doubt round the tabernacle there had continued an organised camp consisting of the Levites and others, which had been moved from time to time up and down the country (compare Num. 33:18-36). But the mass of the people had been scattered over the face of the wilderness of Paran, and led a nomadic life as best suited the pasturage of the cattle; trafficking in provisions with surrounding tribes (compare Deu 2:26-29; Psa 74:14); and availing themselves of the resources of a district which were in ancient times vastly greater than they now are.
These natural resources were supplemented, where needful, by miraculous aid. The whole guidance of Israel through the wilderness is constantly referred to God's special and immediately superintending care (Deu 8:4 following; Deu 29:5; Neh 9:21; Isa 63:11-14; Amo 2:10, etc.).
Yet though God's extraordinary bounty was vouchsafed to them, it is probable that this period was, among the perishing generation at all events, one of great religious declension, or even apostasy. To it must no doubt be referred such passages as Eze 20:15 ff; Amo 5:25 following; Hos 9:10.
Into the desert of Zin - The northeastern part of the wilderness of Paran (or, now definitely fixed by Palmer as the southeastern corner of the desert of Et-Tih, between Akabah and the head of Wady Garaiyeh.) The place of encampment was no doubt adjacent to the spring of Kadesh.
In the first month - i. e. of the fortieth year of the Exodus. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
first month
That is, April. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Assembling of the Congregation at Kadesh. - In the first month the children of Israel came into the desert of Zin, i.e., in the fortieth year of their wanderings, at the commencement of which "the whole congregation" assembled together once more in the very same place where the sentence had been passed thirty-seven years and a half before, that they should remain in the desert for forty years, until the rebellious generation had died out. The year is not mentioned in Num 20:1, but, according to Num 14:32., it can only be the year with which the forty years of the sentence that they should die out in the wilderness came to an end, that is to say, the fortieth year of their wandering. This is put beyond all doubt by what follows. For the whole congregation proceeds from Kadesh in the desert of Zin to Mount Hor, where Aaron died, and that, according to Num 33:38, in the fifth month of the fortieth year after the exodus from Egypt. Miriam died during the time that the people were staying (ישׁב) in Kadesh, and there she was buried. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Then - To wit, after many stations and long journeys here omitted, but particularly described, Num. 33:1-49. Zin - A place near the land of Edom, distinct and distant from that Sin, Exo 16:1. The first month - Of the fortieth year, as is evident, because the next station to this was in mount Hor, where Aaron died, who died in the fifth month of the fortieth year, Num 33:38. Moses doth not give us an exact journal of all occurrences in the wilderness, but only of those which were most remarkable, and especially of those which happened in the first and second, and in the fortieth year. Miriam died - Four months before Aaron, and but a few more before Moses. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Then came the children of Israel, etc. - This was the first month of the fortieth year after their departure from Egypt. See Num 33:38, compared with Num 20:28 of this chapter, and Deu 1:3. The transactions of thirty-seven years Moses passes by, because he writes not as a historian but as a legislator; and gives us particularly an account of the laws, ordinances, and other occurrences of the first and last years of their peregrinations. The year now spoken of was the last of their journeyings; for from the going out of the spies, Numbers 13, unto this time, was about thirty-eight years, Deu 1:22, Deu 1:23; Deu 2:14.
Desert of Zin - Calmet contends that this is not the same desert mentioned Exo 16:1, where Israel had their eighth encampment; that in Exodus being called in the original סין sin, this here צין tsin: but this is no positive proof, as letters of the same organ are frequently interchanged in all languages, and particularly in Hebrew.
And Miriam died there - Miriam was certainly older than Moses. When he was an infant, exposed on the river Nile, she was entrusted by her parents to watch the conduct of Pharaoh's daughter, and to manage a most delicate business, that required much address and prudence. See Exodus 2. It is supposed that she was at the time of her death one hundred and thirty years of age, having been at least ten years old at her brother's birth. The Catholic writers represent her as a type of the Virgin Mary; as having preserved a perpetual virginity; as being legislatrix over the Israelitish women, as Moses was over the men; and as having a large portion of the spirit of prophecy. Eusebius says that her tomb was to be seen at Kadesh, near the city of Petra, in his time. She appears to have died about four months before her brother Aaron, Num 33:38, and eleven before her brother Moses; so that these three, the most eminent of human beings, died in the space of one year! |
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
14 And the space [03117] in which we came [01980] from Kadeshbarnea [06947], until we were come over [05674] the brook [05158] Zered [02218], was thirty [07970] and eight [08083] years [08141]; until all the generation [01755] of the men [0582] of war [04421] were wasted out [08552] from among [07130] the host [04264], as the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto them.
26 And they went [03212] and came [0935] to Moses [04872], and to Aaron [0175], and to all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290], to Kadesh [06946]; and brought back [07725] word [01697] unto them, and unto all the congregation [05712], and shewed [07200] them the fruit [06529] of the land [0776].
1 Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.
22 And whatsoever the unclean [02931] person toucheth [05060] shall be unclean [02930]; and the soul [05315] that toucheth [05060] it shall be unclean [02930] until even [06153].
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
22 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], journeyed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and came [0935] unto mount [02022] Hor [02023].
23 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], by the coast [01366] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123], saying [0559],
10 I found [04672] Israel [03478] like grapes [06025] in the wilderness [04057]; I saw [07200] your fathers [01] as the firstripe [01063] in the fig tree [08384] at her first time [07225]: but they went [0935] to Baalpeor [01187], and separated [05144] themselves unto that shame [01322]; and their abominations [08251] were according as they loved [0157].
25 Have ye offered [05066] unto me sacrifices [02077] and offerings [04503] in the wilderness [04057] forty [0705] years [08141], O house [01004] of Israel [03478]?
15 Yet also I lifted up [05375] my hand [03027] unto them in the wilderness [04057], that I would not bring [0935] them into the land [0776] which I had given [05414] them, flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], which is the glory [06643] of all lands [0776];
10 Also I brought you up [05927] from the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and led [03212] you forty [0705] years [08141] through the wilderness [04057], to possess [03423] the land [0776] of the Amorite [0567].
11 Then he remembered [02142] the days [03117] of old [05769], Moses [04872], and his people [05971], saying, Where is he that brought them up [05927] out of the sea [03220] with the shepherd [07462] of his flock [06629]? where is he that put [07760] his holy [06944] Spirit [07307] within [07130] him?
12 That led [03212] them by the right hand [03225] of Moses [04872] with his glorious [08597] arm [02220], dividing [01234] the water [04325] before [06440] them, to make [06213] himself an everlasting [05769] name [08034]?
13 That led [03212] them through the deep [08415], as an horse [05483] in the wilderness [04057], that they should not stumble [03782]?
14 As a beast [0929] goeth down [03381] into the valley [01237], the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] caused him to rest [05117]: so didst thou lead [05090] thy people [05971], to make [06213] thyself a glorious [08597] name [08034].
21 Yea, forty [0705] years [08141] didst thou sustain [03557] them in the wilderness [04057], so that they lacked [02637] nothing; their clothes [08008] waxed not old [01086], and their feet [07272] swelled [01216] not.
5 And I have led [03212] you forty [0705] years [08141] in the wilderness [04057]: your clothes [08008] are not waxen old [01086] upon you, and thy shoe [05275] is not waxen old [01086] upon thy foot [07272].
4 Thy raiment [08071] waxed not old [01086] upon thee, neither did thy foot [07272] swell [01216], these forty [0705] years [08141].
14 Thou brakest [07533] the heads [07218] of leviathan [03882] in pieces, and gavest [05414] him to be meat [03978] to the people [05971] inhabiting the wilderness [06728].
26 And I sent [07971] messengers [04397] out of the wilderness [04057] of Kedemoth [06932] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of Heshbon [02809] with words [01697] of peace [07965], saying [0559],
27 Let me pass [05674] through thy land [0776]: I will go [03212] along by the high way [01870] [01870], I will neither turn [05493] unto the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040].
28 Thou shalt sell [07666] me meat [0400] for money [03701], that I may eat [0398]; and give [05414] me water [04325] for money [03701], that I may drink [08354]: only I will pass through [05674] on my feet [07272];
29 (As the children [01121] of Esau [06215] which dwell [03427] in Seir [08165], and the Moabites [04125] which dwell [03427] in Ar [06144], did [06213] unto me;) until I shall pass over [05674] Jordan [03383] into the land [0776] which the LORD [03068] our God [0430] giveth [05414] us.
1 And all the congregation [05712] lifted up [05375] their voice [06963], and cried [05414]; and the people [05971] wept [01058] that night [03915].
26 And they went [03212] and came [0935] to Moses [04872], and to Aaron [0175], and to all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], unto the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290], to Kadesh [06946]; and brought back [07725] word [01697] unto them, and unto all the congregation [05712], and shewed [07200] them the fruit [06529] of the land [0776].
1 And when king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045], heard [08085] tell that Israel [03478] came [0935] by the way [01870] of the spies [0871]; then he fought [03898] against Israel [03478], and took [07617] some of them prisoners [07628].
37 And they removed [05265] from Kadesh [06946], and pitched [02583] in mount [02022] Hor [02023], in the edge [07097] of the land [0776] of Edom [0123].
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
39 And Aaron [0175] was an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] and three [07969] years [08141] old [01121] when he died [04194] in mount [02022] Hor [02023].
40 And king [04428] Arad [06166] the Canaanite [03669], which dwelt [03427] in the south [05045] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], heard [08085] of the coming [0935] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
41 And they departed [05265] from mount [02022] Hor [02023], and pitched [02583] in Zalmonah [06758].
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
32 But as for you, your carcases [06297], they shall fall [05307] in this wilderness [04057].
1 Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
1 And they took their journey [05265] from Elim [0362], and all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] unto the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], which is between Elim [0362] and Sinai [05514], on the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the second [08145] month [02320] after their departing out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].
1 And they took their journey [05265] from Elim [0362], and all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] unto the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], which is between Elim [0362] and Sinai [05514], on the fifteenth [02568] [06240] day [03117] of the second [08145] month [02320] after their departing out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
14 And the space [03117] in which we came [01980] from Kadeshbarnea [06947], until we were come over [05674] the brook [05158] Zered [02218], was thirty [07970] and eight [08083] years [08141]; until all the generation [01755] of the men [0582] of war [04421] were wasted out [08552] from among [07130] the host [04264], as the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto them.
23 And the saying [01697] pleased me well [03190] [05869]: and I took [03947] twelve [08147] [06240] men [0582] of you, one [0259] of a tribe [0376] [07626]:
22 And ye came near [07126] unto me every one of you, and said [0559], We will send [07971] men [0582] before [06440] us, and they shall search us out [02658] the land [0776], and bring [07725] us word [01697] again [07725] by what way [01870] we must go up [05927], and into what cities [05892] we shall come [0935].
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth [0705] year [08141], in the eleventh [06249] [06240] month [02320], on the first [0259] day of the month [02320], that Moses [04872] spake [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], according unto all that the LORD [03068] had given him in commandment [06680] unto them;
28 And Moses [04872] stripped [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]; and Aaron [0175] died [04191] there in the top [07218] of the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] and Eleazar [0499] came down [03381] from the mount [02022].
38 And Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] at the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and died [04191] there, in the fortieth [0705] year [08141] after the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were come out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in the first [0259] day of the fifth [02549] month [02320].