“And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.”
And they removed from Ezion-geber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh — after reaching the southern extremity, Israel moves northward to Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. Kadesh is the location of both the first generation's rebellion (ch. 13-14) and the water-crisis of the second generation (ch. 20). This stage represents re-entry into territory previously known, a repetition that emphasizes the forty-year cycle of judgment.
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