Numbers 20:1

Numbers 20:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then 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.
• New International Version (NIV)In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there and was buried there.

Context of Numbers 20:1

Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died there and was buried there. 2There was no water for the congregation, and they assembled against Moses and Aaron. 3Then the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, “If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!

Numbers 20:1 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּל־הָ֨עֵדָ֤ה מִדְבַּר־צִן֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב הָעָ֖ם בְּקָדֵ֑שׁ וַתָּ֤מָת שָׁם֙ מִרְיָ֔ם וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear

• Then the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• the wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• of Zinצִןtsin · ZinH6790
• in the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• stayedיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• at Kadeshקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · KadeshH6946
• Now Miriamמִרְיָםmiryâm · MiriamH4813
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• and was buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912

Cross-references for Numbers 20:1

• Deuteronomy 1:22“Then all of you approached me and said, ‘Let us send men ahead of us, so that they may spy out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up, and the cities which we should enter.’
• Deuteronomy 2:14Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them.
• Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath.
• Numbers 27:14for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
• Numbers 33:36They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh.
• Deuteronomy 32:51because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel.
• Numbers 20:16But when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent an angel, and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory.
• Psalms 29:8The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
• Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman);
• Numbers 26:59And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and their sister Miriam.
• Exodus 2:4And his sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.
• Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.
• Micah 6:4Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I redeemed you from the house of slavery, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Commentaries on Numbers 20:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then came the children of Israel, etc. - This was the first month of the fortieth year after their departure from Egypt. See Numbers 33:38, compared with Numbers 20:28; of this chapter, and Deuteronomy 1:3. The transactions of thirty-seven years Moses passes by, because he writes not as a historian but as a legislator; and gives us particularly an account of the laws, ordinances, and other occurrences of the first and last years of their peregrinations…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Numbers 33:37-41). This formed the third and last stage of the progress of Israel from Sinai to Canaan, and took place in the fortieth year of the Exodus. The incidents are apparently not narrated in a strictly chronological order (see Numbers 21:1). The leading purpose of Numbers 13:26; Numbers 14:1) points to a re-assembling of the people for the purpose of at last resuming the advance to the promised land. During the past 38 years the “congregation”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The people come to Zin, They murmur for water, Moses directed to smite the rock, The infirmity of Moses and Aaron. (1-13) The Israelites are refused a passage through Edom. (14-21) Aaron reigns the priest's office to Eleazar, and dies in mount Hor. (22-29) Verses 1-13 After thirty-eight years' tedious abode in the wilderness, the armies of Israel advanced towards Canaan again. There was no water for the congregation. We live in a wanting world, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Everyone in Miriam's generation also died (14:26–30). This included Moses and Aaron (20:2–13, 22–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-291. Then came the children of Israel ... into the desert of Zin in the first month--that is, of the fortieth year (compare Nu 20:22, 23, with Nu 33:38). In this history only the principal and most important incidents are recorded, those confined chiefly to the first or second and the last years of the journeyings in the wilderness, thence called Et-Tih. Between Nu 19:22 and Nu 20:1 there is a long and undescribed interval of thirty-seven years. the people…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 20:1

• Abib
• Israel
• Kadesh
• Miriam
• Month
• Trouble
• Zin

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Kadesh
• Miriam
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Kadesh, Kadesh Barnea, Meribah Kadesh
• Children of Israel
• Burial
• Exodus
• Meribah

Commentaries on Numbers 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings