³ So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them leading men among the Israelites.

The Waters of Meribah

20 The Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there and was buried there.^(A)

¹⁶ and when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt, and here we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.^(A)

⁸ Your fathers did this, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.^(A)