(fount of judgment). (Genesis 14:7) [KADESH, KADESHBARNEA]
En-Mishpat
Kadesh is a place the story keeps returning to. Genesis 14:7 gives it a second name: “Enmishpat, which is Kadesh.” Abraham lived for a time between Kadesh and Shur. Later Israel’s scouts came back to Kadesh from the land of Canaan, carrying fruit to show the whole congregation. Miriam died there and was buried there, and Joshua’s victories are measured from Kadeshbarnea to Gaza. It is a plain waypoint, not a teaching, but it ties together the years of wandering. Follow it through Numbers 13 and 20 and watch what happens each time Israel arrives.
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Genesis
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Numbers
Numbers 12:16
And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 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 congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
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.
Joshua
Joshua 10:41
And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884