For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time--a very long time. For this reasonThis phrase refers back to the preceding verses where the Israelites' disobedience and lack of faith in God's promise led to their punishment. The context is the aftermath of the Israelites' refusal to enter the Promised Land due to fear of the inhabitants, despite God's assurance of victory. This disobedience resulted in God's decree that the current generation would not enter the land, highlighting the importance of faith and obedience in the believer's life. you stayed in Kadesh
Kadesh-Barnea was a significant location in the wilderness journey of the Israelites. It served as a major encampment site and a place of decision-making. Archaeologically, Kadesh is identified with Ain el-Qudeirat in the northeastern Sinai Peninsula. It was here that the Israelites faced a pivotal moment of rebellion and unbelief. Theologically, Kadesh represents a place of testing and failure, a reminder of the consequences of not trusting in God's promises. for a long time—a very long time.
The repetition emphasizes the duration of the Israelites' stay, which was approximately 38 years. This extended period symbolizes the consequences of disobedience and the delay in receiving God's promises due to lack of faith. It serves as a warning to future generations about the cost of unbelief. Theologically, this period can be seen as a time of discipline and preparation for the new generation that would eventually enter the Promised Land. The long stay at Kadesh is a type of the spiritual stagnation that can occur when believers fail to trust and obey God fully. Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites, who is recounting their journey and the consequences of their disobedience. 2. IsraelitesThe people of God who were delivered from Egypt and are on their journey to the Promised Land. 3. KadeshA significant location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped for an extended period due to their disobedience and lack of faith. 4. Wilderness WanderingsThe period of 40 years when the Israelites wandered in the desert as a result of their rebellion against God. 5. Promised LandThe land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Teaching Points Consequences of DisobedienceThe Israelites' extended stay at Kadesh serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and lack of faith in God's promises. The Importance of FaithTrusting in God's promises is crucial. The Israelites' failure to trust led to unnecessary delays and hardships. God's Patience and JusticeWhile God is patient, there are consequences for persistent rebellion. His justice ensures that disobedience is addressed. Reflecting on Our Spiritual JourneyJust as the Israelites had a physical journey, we have a spiritual journey. It's important to assess where we might be "camped" due to disobedience or lack of faith. Encouragement to Move ForwardGod desires for us to move forward in faith, not to remain stagnant in our spiritual lives. Bible Study Questions 1. What were the reasons the Israelites stayed at Kadesh for so long, and how can we avoid similar spiritual stagnation in our lives? 2. How does the account of the Israelites at Kadesh challenge us to examine our own faith and obedience to God? 3. In what ways can we ensure that we are moving forward in our spiritual journey rather than remaining in a place of disobedience? 4. How do the events at Kadesh relate to the warnings given in Hebrews 3:7-19, and what practical steps can we take to heed these warnings? 5. Reflect on a time when you experienced a "wilderness" period in your life. How did you see God's patience and justice at work during that time? Connections to Other Scriptures Numbers 13-14These chapters provide the background to why the Israelites stayed at Kadesh for so long, detailing the sending of the spies into Canaan and the subsequent rebellion of the people. Hebrews 3:7-19This passage in the New Testament reflects on the unbelief of the Israelites and serves as a warning to Christians to remain faithful and obedient. Psalm 95:8-11This Psalm references the rebellion at Kadesh and serves as a call to worship and obedience, warning against hardening one's heart. People Amorites, Anakites, Caleb, Canaanites, Eshcol, Isaac, Israelites, Jacob, Jephunneh, Joshua, Laban, Moses, Nun, Og, Seir, SihonPlaces Arabah, Ashtaroth, Bashan, Dizahab, Edrei, Egypt, Euphrates River, Hazeroth, Heshbon, Horeb, Hormah, Jordan River, Kadesh-barnea, Laban, Lebanon, Moab, Mount Seir, Negeb, Paran, Seir, Suph, Tophel, Valley of EshcolTopics Abode, Dwell, Dwelt, Kadesh, Kept, Spent, WaitingDictionary of Bible Themes Deuteronomy 1:45 5147 deafness
5148 ear
5198 weeping
6109 alienation Deuteronomy 1:43-45 8617 prayer, effective Library Foretastes of the Heavenly Life
Early in the year 1857. NOTE: This edition of this sermon is taken from an earlier published edition of Spurgeon's 1857 message. The sermon that appears in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, vol. 45, was edited and abbreviated somewhat. For edition we have restored the fuller text of the earlier published edition, while retaining a few of the editorial refinements of the Met Tab edition. "And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 45: 1899Preventive against Backsliding.
It is most instructive to note how exceedingly anxious the early Christians were, that, as soon as a man was converted, he should be "filled with the Holy Ghost." They knew no reason why weary wastes of disappointing years should stretch between Bethel and Peniel, between the Cross and Pentecost. They knew it was not God's will that forty years of wilderness wanderings should lie between Egypt and the Promised Land (Deut. i. 2). When Peter and John came to the Samaritans, and found that they were …
John MacNeil—The Spirit-Filled Life Afraid of Giants
'And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain; 18. And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19. And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20. And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Philo of Alexandria, the Rabbis, and the Gospels - the Final Development of Hellenism in Its Relation to Rabbinism and the Gospel According to St. John.
It is strange how little we know of the personal history of the greatest of uninspired Jewish writers of old, though he occupied so prominent a position in his time. [173] Philo was born in Alexandria, about the year 20 before Christ. He was a descendant of Aaron, and belonged to one of the wealthiest and most influential families among the Jewish merchant-princes of Egypt. His brother was the political head of that community in Alexandria, and he himself on one occasion represented his co-religionists, …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah A Plain Description of the Essence and Attributes of God, Out of the Holy Scripture, So Far as Every Christian must Competently Know, and Necessarily Believe, that Will be Saves.
Although no creature can define what God is, because he is incomprehensible (Psal. cxliii. 3) and dwelling in inaccessible light (1 Tim. vi. 16); yet it has pleased his majesty to reveal himself to us in his word, so far as our weak capacity can best conceive him. Thus: God is that one spiritual and infinitely perfect essence, whose being is of himself eternally (Deut. i. 4; iv. 35; xxxii. 39; vi. 4; Isa. xlv. 5-8; 1 Cor. viii. 4; Eph. iv. 5, 6; 1 Tim. ii. 5; John iv. 24; 2 Cor. iii. 17; 1 Kings …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety The Mountainous Country of Judea.
"What is the mountainous country of Judea? It is the king's mountain." However Judea, here and there, doth swell out much with mountains, yet its chief swelling appears in that broad back of mountains, that runs from the utmost southern cost as far as Hebron, and almost as Jerusalem itself. Which the Holy Scripture called "The hill-country of Judah," Joshua 21:11; Luke 1:39. Unless I am very much mistaken,--the maps of Adricomus, Tirinius, and others, ought to be corrected, which have feigned to …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Kadesh. Rekam, and that Double. Inquiry is Made, Whether the Doubling it in the Maps is Well Done.
The readers of the eastern interpreters will observe, that Kadesh is rendered by all Rekam, or in a sound very near it. In the Chaldee, it is 'Rekam': in the Syriac, 'Rekem': in the Arabic, 'Rakim'... There are two places noted by the name Rekam in the very bounds of the land,--to wit, the southern and eastern: that is, a double Kadesh. I. Of Kadesh, or Rekam, in the south part, there is no doubt. II. Of it, in the eastern part, there is this mention: "From Rekam to the east, and Rekam is as the …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Barren Fig-Tree. Temple Cleansed.
(Road from Bethany and Jerusalem. Monday, April 4, a.d. 30.) ^A Matt. XXI. 18, 19, 12, 13; ^B Mark XI. 12-18; ^C Luke XIX. 45-48. ^b 12 And ^a 18 Now ^b on the morrow [on the Monday following the triumphal entry], ^a in the morning ^b when they were come out from Bethany, ^a as he returned to the city [Jerusalem], he hungered. [Breakfast with the Jews came late in the forenoon, and these closing days of our Lord's ministry were full of activity that did not have time to tarry at Bethany for it. Our …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel In the Temple at the Feast of Tabernacles.
(October, a.d. 29.) ^D John VII. 11-52. ^d 11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? [It was now eighteen months since Jesus had visited Jerusalem, at which time he had healed the impotent man at Bethesda. His fame and prolonged obscurity made his enemies anxious for him to again expose himself in their midst. John here used the word "Jews" as a designation for the Jerusalemites, who, as enemies of Christ, were to be distinguished from the multitudes who were in doubt …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel Moses and his Writings
[Illustration: (drop cap W) Clay letter tablet of Moses' time.] We now begin to understand a little of the very beginning of God's Book--of the times in which it was written, the materials used by its first author, and the different kinds of writing from which he had to choose; but we must go a step farther. How much did Moses know about the history of his forefathers, Abraham and Jacob, and of all the old nations and kings mentioned in Genesis, before God called him to the great work of writing …
Mildred Duff—The Bible in its Making Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology.
(Ad. vol. i. p. 42, note 4.) In comparing the allegorical Canons of Philo with those of Jewish traditionalism, we think first of all of the seven exegetical canons which are ascribed to Hillel. These bear chiefly the character of logical deductions, and as such were largely applied in the Halakhah. These seven canons were next expanded by R. Ishmael (in the first century) into thirteen, by the analysis of one of them (the 5th) into six, and the addition of this sound exegetical rule, that where two …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. (Gen. Xlix. 8-10. )
Ver. 8. "Judah, thou, thy brethren shall praise thee; thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; before thee shall bow down the sons of thy father. Ver. 9. A lion's whelp is Judah; from the prey, my son, thou goest up; he stoopeth down, he coucheth as a lion, and as a full-grown lion, who shall rouse him up? Ver. 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and unto Him the people shall adhere." Thus does dying Jacob, in announcing …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament Deuteronomy
Owing to the comparatively loose nature of the connection between consecutive passages in the legislative section, it is difficult to present an adequate summary of the book of Deuteronomy. In the first section, i.-iv. 40, Moses, after reviewing the recent history of the people, and showing how it reveals Jehovah's love for Israel, earnestly urges upon them the duty of keeping His laws, reminding them of His spirituality and absoluteness. Then follows the appointment, iv. 41-43--here irrelevant (cf. …
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