# Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea, Meribah Kadesh

## Facts:

The names Kadesh, Kadesh-Barnea, and Meribah Kadesh all refer to an important city in Israel’s history which was located in the southern part of Israel, near the region of Edom.

* The city of Kadesh was an oasis, a place where there was water and fertile soil in the middle of a desert named Zin.
* Moses sent twelve spies into the land of Canaan from Kadesh Barnea.
* Israel also encamped at Kadesh during the wandering in the wilderness.
* Kadesh Barnea was where Miriam died.
* It was at Meribah Kadesh where Moses disobeyed God and hit a rock to get water for the Israelites, instead of speaking to it as God had told him to do.
* The name “kadesh” comes from the Hebrew word meaning “holy” or “set apart.”

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(See also: [desert](../other/desert.md), [Edom](../names/edom.md), [holy](../kt/holy.md))

## Bible References:

* [Ezekiel 48:28](rc://en/tn/help/ezk/48/28)
* [Genesis 14:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/gen/14/07)
* [Genesis 16:14](rc://en/tn/help/gen/16/14)
* [Genesis 20:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/gen/20/01)
* [Joshua 10:40-41](rc://en/tn/help/jos/10/40)
* [Numbers 20:1](rc://en/tn/help/num/20/01)

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H4809, H6946, H6947
