But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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Glossary
- Egypt Place
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The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Kadesh-barnea Place
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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”. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Red Sea Place
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Biblical body of water. Modern identification: Gulf of Aqaba.