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wilderness

Meaning of “wilderness”

Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:6

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Numbers 21:23
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 21:23 · retained source text

And Sihon would not suffer Israel to passe thorow his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wildernes: and he came to Iahaz, and fought against Israel.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 29.7.

Numbers 24:1
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 24:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the LORD to blesse Israel, hee went not, as at other times to seeke for inchantments, but hee set his face toward the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the meeting of inchantments.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.3,15.

Numbers 26:64
But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 26:64 · retained source text

But among these there was not a man of them, whom Moses and Aaron the Priest numbred, when they numbred the children of Israel in the wildernesse of Sinai.

Numbers 26:65
For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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1611 witness · Numbers 26:65 · retained source text

For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wildernesse: and there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.28. 1.corin. 10.5,6.

Numbers 27:3
Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
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1611 witness · Numbers 27:3 · retained source text

Our father died in the wildernesse, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselues together against the LORD in the company of Korah: but died in his owne sinne, and had no sonnes.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.35. and 26.64,65.

Numbers 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 of Zin.
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1611 witness · Numbers 27:14 · retained source text

For ye rebelled against my Commandement (in the desart of Zin, in the strife of the Congregation) to sanctifie me at the water, before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.24.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.7.

Numbers 32:13
And the Lord’s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 32:13 · retained source text

And the LORDs anger was kindled against Israel, and hee made them wander in the wildernesse fourty yeeres, vntill all the generation that had done euill in the sight of the LORD was consumed.

Numbers 32:15
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
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1611 witness · Numbers 32:15 · retained source text

For if yee turne away from after him, hee will yet againe leaue them in the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all this people.

Numbers 33:6
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Numbers 33:6 · retained source text

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.20.

Numbers 33:8
And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
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1611 witness · Numbers 33:8 · retained source text

And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed thorow the midst of the sea, into the wildernes, and went three dayes iourney in the wildernesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

1611 marginal noteExod. 15.22.

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