# 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](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names))

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

## Bible References: ##

* [Ezekiel 48:27-29](en/tn/ezk/help/48/27)
* [Genesis 14:7-9](en/tn/gen/help/14/07)
* [Genesis 16:13-14](en/tn/gen/help/16/13)
* [Genesis 20:1-3](en/tn/gen/help/20/01)
* [Joshua 10:40-41](en/tn/jos/help/10/40)
* [Numbers 20:1](en/tn/num/help/20/01)