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Numbers 20:1

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.

KJV

Veneruntque filii Israël et omnis multitudo in desertum Sin, mense primo, et mansit populus in Cades. Mortuaque est ibi Maria, et sepulta in eodem loco.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἦλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ, πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγή, εἰς τὴν ἔρημον Σεὶν ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ πρώτῳ, καὶ κατέμεινεν ὁ λαὸς ἐν Καδής· καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐκεῖ Μαριάμ, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐκεῖ.

LXX

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֣אוּ בְנֵֽי יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּל הָ֨/עֵדָ֤ה מִדְבַּר צִן֙ בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב הָ/עָ֖ם בְּ/קָדֵ֑שׁ וַ/תָּ֤מָת שָׁם֙ מִרְיָ֔ם וַ/תִּקָּבֵ֖ר שָֽׁם

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Miriam
Places Kadesh-barneaWilderness of Zin

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ה
h
proper_noun · 10×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
הוּ
hv
verb · 131×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִרְיָ֔ם
mrym
proper_noun · 14×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×
קָדֵ֖שׁ
qdsh
proper_noun · 18×
רִאשׁ֔וֹן
r'shvn
adjective · 180×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.

Cross-references

  • Acts 7:36 — He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
  • Deut 1:3 — And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandm
  • Deut 1:46 — So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
  • Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Exod 15:20 — And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Judg 11:16 — But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
  • Judg 11:17 — Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moa
  • Num 13:21 — So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
  • Num 13:21 — So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
  • Num 13:26 — And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congreg
  • Num 20:22 — And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
  • Num 26:59 — And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
  • Num 27:14 — For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness
  • Num 27:14 — For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness
  • Num 33:36 — And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
  • Num 33:36 — And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.