Compare the marginal reference. It appears from comparing Numbers 20:1 with Numbers 33:38, that the assembly must have remained in Kadesh for some …

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh ...— The date of the occurrence related in this and the following verses i…

You know all the hardship that has befallen us. This preface was well calculated to win favor when the sons of Jacob, descended from the s…

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom ,
&c.] This country was sometimes governed by kings, and s…

The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel encamped was through the country of Edom. The ambassadors who were sent returned with a denia…