Kadesh-Barnea
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Kadesh — suci, atau Kadesh-Barnea, padang suci pengembaraan, sebuah tempat di perbatasan tenggara Palestina, sekitar 165 mil dari Horeb. Terletak di "padang gurun" atau "padang gurun Zin" ([Kej 14:7 ; Bil 13:3 -26; Bil 14:29 -33; Bil 20:1 ; Bil 27:14 ]), di perbatasan Edom ([Bil 20:16 ]). Dari tempat ini, sesuai dengan keinginan bangsa itu, Musa mengirim "dua belas pengintai" untuk mengintai tanah itu. Setelah memeriksa seluruh wilayahnya, para pengintai membawa laporan buruk, hanya Yosua dan Kaleb yang memberikan laporan baik tentang tanah itu ([Bil 13:18 -31]). Dipengaruhi oleh laporan yang mengecilkan hati, bangsa itu meninggalkan semua harapan untuk memasuki Tanah Perjanjian. Mereka tinggal cukup lama di Kadesh. (Lihat HORMAH; KORAH.) Karena ketidakpercayaan mereka, mereka dihukum oleh Allah untuk mengembara selama tiga puluh delapan tahun di padang gurun. Mereka memulai perjalanan dari Kadesh ke padang gurun Paran, "melalui jalan Laut Merah" ([Ul 2:1 ]). (Salah satu teori adalah bahwa selama tiga puluh delapan tahun ini mereka tetap tinggal di sekitar Kadesh.)
Pada akhir tahun-tahun pengembaraan ini, suku-suku itu untuk kedua kalinya berkumpul di Kadesh. Selama tinggal di sini, Miryam meninggal dan dikuburkan. Di sini bangsa itu mengeluh karena kekurangan air, seperti yang dilakukan nenek moyang mereka sebelumnya di Refidim; dan Musa, yang kesal dengan teguran mereka, "memukul batu itu dua kali dengan tongkatnya," bukannya "berbicara kepada batu itu di depan mata mereka," seperti yang diperintahkan Tuhan kepadanya (bandingkan [Bil 27:14 ; Ul 9:23 ; Maz 106:32 , 33]). Karena tindakan ini, di mana Harun juga terlibat, tidak ada dari mereka yang diizinkan untuk menginjakkan kaki di Tanah Perjanjian ([Bil 20:12 , 24]). Raja Edom tidak mengizinkan mereka untuk melewati wilayahnya, dan karena itu mereka memulai perjalanan ke arah timur, dan "sampai ke Gunung Hor" ([Bil 20:22 ]).
Tempat ini telah diidentifikasi dengan 'Ain el-Kadeis, sekitar 12 mil timur-tenggara Beersheba. (Lihat PENGINTAI.)
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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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