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Numbers 20:1

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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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  1. Numbers 13:21Rank 1 from verse 1
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    21¶ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

  2. Exodus 15:20Rank 2 from verse 1
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    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.

  3. Numbers 33:36Rank 3 from verse 1
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    36And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

  4. Numbers 26:59Rank 4 from verse 1
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    59And 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.

  5. Numbers 27:14Rank 5 from verse 1
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    14For 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.

  6. Deuteronomy 1:22–23Rank 6 from verse 1
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    22¶ And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.

    23And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:

  7. Deuteronomy 2:14Rank 7 from verse 1
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    14And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.

  8. Deuteronomy 32:51Rank 8 from verse 1
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    51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.

  9. Exodus 2:4Rank 9 from verse 1
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    4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

  10. Exodus 2:7Rank 10 from verse 1
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    7Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

  11. Micah 6:4Rank 11 from verse 1
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    4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

  12. Numbers 12:1Rank 12 from verse 1
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    1AND Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

  13. Numbers 12:10Rank 13 from verse 1
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    10And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

  14. Numbers 12:15Rank 14 from verse 1
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    15And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

  15. Numbers 20:16Rank 15 from verse 1
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    16And when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

  16. Psalms 29:8Rank 16 from verse 1
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    8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

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Numbers 20:1

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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congregation

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1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

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desert

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1. A wilderness or solitary place. 2. That which is deserved; a due recompence.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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abode

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1. Remained, stayed, continued, or dwelt. 2. A dwelling place or state of residence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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buried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of bury. Sense 1: Laid a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: Covered or concealed beneath earth or another substance, or treated as buried by figure.

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20:1THEN 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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20:2And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

20:3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

20:4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

20:5And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

20:6And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them.

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