KJV King James Version
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Judges 11:16
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
WEB World English Bible
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
ASV American Standard Version
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,
Surrounding context — Judges 11
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken [thereto]. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not [consent]: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּ֖יH3588 · kiforבַּעֲלוֹתָ֣םH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוַיֵּ֨לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבַּמִּדְבָּר֙H4057 · mid.barmouthעַד־H5704 · adtillיַם־H3220 · yamseaס֔וּףH5488 · suphRed (Sea)וַיָּבֹ֖אH935 · boto come (in): comeקָדֵֽשָׁה׃H6946 · qa.deshKadesh
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:40But [as for] you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.Numbers 14:25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.Numbers 20:1Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.Deuteronomy 1:46So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode [there].Joshua 5:6For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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