Kades-Barnea
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Kades — heilig, of Kades-Barnea, heilige woestyn van swerwing, 'n plek aan die suidoostelike grens van Palestina, ongeveer 165 myl van Horeb. Dit lê in die “wildernis” of “woestyn van Sin” [Gen 14:7 ; Nm 13:3–26; Nm 14:29–33; Nm 20:1; Nm 27:14], op die grens van Edom [Nm 20:16]. Vanaf hierdie plek het Moses, in ooreenstemming met die begeerte van die volk, “twaalf spioene” gestuur om die land te verken. Nadat hulle dit in al sy distrikte ondersoek het, het die spioene 'n slegte verslag teruggebring, terwyl Josua en Kaleb alleen 'n goeie verslag van die land gegee het [Nm 13:18–31]. Beïnvloed deur die ontmoedigende verslag, het die volk alle hoop laat vaar om die Beloofde Land binne te gaan. Hulle het 'n aansienlike tyd by Kades gebly. (Sien HORMAH; KORAH.) As gevolg van hul ongeloof is hulle deur God veroordeel om agt-en-dertig jaar in die wildernis rond te swerf. Hulle het hul reis vanaf Kades na die woestyne van Paran geneem, “langs die Rooi See” [Deut 2:1 ]. (Een teorie is dat hulle gedurende hierdie agt-en-dertig jaar in en om Kades gebly het.)
Aan die einde van hierdie jare van swerwing is die stamme 'n tweede keer by Kades bymekaargebring. Tydens hul verblyf hier het Mirjam gesterf en is begrawe. Hier het die mense gemurmureer weens 'n gebrek aan water, soos hul voorvaders vroeër by Refidim gedoen het; en Moses, geïrriteerd deur hul verwyt, het “met sy staf die rots twee keer geslaan,” in plaas daarvan om “voor hul oë met die rots te praat,” soos die Here hom beveel het [vergelyk Nm 27:14; Deut 9:23 ; Ps 106:32 , 33]. As gevolg van hierdie daad van hom, waarin Aäron ook betrokke was, sou geen van hulle toegelaat word om 'n voet in die Beloofde Land te sit nie [Nm 20:12, 24]. Die koning van Edom het hulle nie toegelaat om deur sy gebied te gaan nie, en daarom het hulle 'n oostelike mars begin, en “het by die berg Hor aangekom” [Nm 20:22].
Hierdie plek is geïdentifiseer met ‘Ain el-Kadeis, ongeveer 12 myl oos-suidoos van Berséba. (Sien SPIEONAARS.)
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Kadesh (1)
holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the "wilderness" or "desert of Zin" (Gen 14:7 ; Num 13:3 -26; 14:29-33; 20:1; 27:14), on the border of Edom (Num 20:16 ). From this place, in compliance with the desire of the people, Moses sent forth "twelve spies" to spy the land. After examining it in all its districts, the spies brought back an evil report, Joshua and Caleb alone giving a good report of the land (Num 13:18 -31). Influenced by the discouraging report, the people abandoned all hope of entering into the Promised Land. They remained a considerable time at Kadesh. (See HORMAH; KORAH) Because of their unbelief, they were condemned by God to wander for thirty-eight years in the wilderness. They took their journey from Kadesh into the deserts of Paran, "by way of the Red Sea" (Deut 2:1 ). (One theory is that during these thirty-eight years they remained in and about Kadesh).
At the end of these years of wanderings, the tribes were a second time gathered together at Kadesh. During their stay here at this time Miriam died and was buried. Here the people murmured for want of water, as their forefathers had done formerly at Rephidim; and Moses, irritated by their chidings, "with his rod smote the rock twice," instead of "speaking to the rock before their eyes," as the Lord had commanded him [comp. (Num 27:14 ; Deut 9:23 ; Ps 106:32 ; 106:33)]. Because of this act of his, in which Aaron too was involved, neither of them was to be permitted to set foot within the Promised Land (Num 20:12 ; 20:24). The king of Edom would not permit them to pass on through his territory, and therefore they commenced an eastward march, and "came unto Mount Hor" (Num 20:22 ).
This place has been identified with 'Ain el-Kadeis, about 12 miles east-south-east of Beersheba. (See SPIES)
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