Deuteronomy 1:46

Translations

Modern

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.

Traditional

So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

Literal

And you remained in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you had dwelt.

Latin

Sedistis ergo in Cadesbarne multo tempore.

Original

Hebrew

English

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.

Notes

Deuteronomy 1:26–46

See Numbers 14.

Deuteronomy 1:6–4:40

Secular treaties (formal agreements between nations) often included a section about the past relationship between the two partners. This section reviewed what had happened before the agreement.

In this case, the purpose was to review Israel’s successes and failures since the exodus from Egypt. It reminded the people that God had kept his word, even when they did not obey him.

To prepare the Israelites for life in Canaan, Moses reminded them about life in Egypt, their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and their past mistakes. He warned them to obey God's covenant. He assured them that God's grace would follow them as they learned to trust and obey the Lord.

Related verses

Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Numbers 20:22
After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.
Numbers 14:34
In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Judges 11:16–17
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Parallels

Numbers 14:40–45

Places

Kadesh: An important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin

Glossary

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Topics

Israel: Abide at Kadesh

Deuteronomy 1:46

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