“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.”
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 — Miriam, sister to Moses and Aaron, prophetess and leader, dies at Kadesh without fanfare or lamentation. Her death marks the beginning of the end: an entire generation is passing. Kadesh, the site of earlier rebellion and the forty-year sentence, becomes her grave and a threshold to the final phase of wilderness wandering.
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Carlos RiveraNote1mo agoWater From the Rock - Needs Provided, Rebellion Judged
The Israelites arrived as one community at the wilderness of Zin. There was no water. They assembled against Moses and Aaron. The people quarreled with Moses and said: would that we had died when our ...
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Sofia AndradeNote1mo agoThe Death Before the End
In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. We've almost reached the Promised Land, but before we do, we...
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