And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
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Justice and mercyPilgrimageRebellionJudgment
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Glossary
- Ezion-geber Place
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The giant’s backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea. Modern identification: Jezirat Faraun.
- 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.
- Zin Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Zin Desert.