Judges 11:16
New International Version
But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and on to Kadesh.

New Living Translation
When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,

English Standard Version
but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Berean Standard Bible
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

King James Bible
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

New King James Version
for when Israel came up from Egypt, they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

New American Standard Bible
For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,

NASB 1995
‘For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh,

NASB 1977
‘For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh,

Legacy Standard Bible
For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh,

Amplified Bible
For when they came up from Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;

Christian Standard Bible
But when they came from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But when they came from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

American Standard Version
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

Contemporary English Version
When the Israelites came from Egypt, they traveled across the desert to the Red Sea and then to Kadesh.

English Revised Version
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the people of Israel left Egypt, they went through the desert to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

Good News Translation
This is what happened: when the Israelites left Egypt, they went through the desert to the Gulf of Aqaba and came to Kadesh.

International Standard Version
Here's what happened: When Israel came up from Egypt, passed through the desert to the Red Sea, and arrived at Kadesh,

Majority Standard Bible
But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

NET Bible
When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.

New Heart English Bible
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Lake of Reeds, and came to Kadesh;

Webster's Bible Translation
But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

World English Bible
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goes in the wilderness to the Red Sea, and comes to Kadesh,

Young's Literal Translation
for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,

Smith's Literal Translation
When in their coming up out of Egypt, and Israel went in the desert, even to the sea of sedge, and he will come to Kadesh;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea and came into Cades.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But when they ascended together from Egypt, he walked through the desert as far as the Red Sea, and he went into Kadesh.

New American Bible
For when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

New Revised Standard Version
but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Because when the children of Israel came up from Egypt, Israel journeyed through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea, and came to Rakim;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because when they were going up from Egypt the children of Israel were walking in the wilderness unto the Sea of Reeds and they arrived at Raqem
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jephthah Delivers Israel
15to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites. 16But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh. 17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.…

Cross References
Numbers 21:21-24
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, / “Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.” / But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. ...

Deuteronomy 2:26-37
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying, / “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left. / You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot, ...

Exodus 15:14-15
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia. / Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,

Numbers 20:14-21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...

Deuteronomy 2:4-5
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. / Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

Joshua 2:9-11
and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you. / For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction. / When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.

Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Deuteronomy 2:18-19
“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. / But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

Numbers 21:10-13
Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth. / They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east. / From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. ...

Deuteronomy 2:24-25
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. / This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

Deuteronomy 2:31-33
Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.” / So Sihon and his whole army came out for battle against us at Jahaz. / And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.

Joshua 24:9-10
Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you, / but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

Psalm 135:10-12
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings: / Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan. / He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.

Psalm 136:17-22
He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. / and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever. / Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. ...

Acts 7:45-46
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, / who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.


Treasury of Scripture

But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

But when.

walked

Numbers 14:25
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Deuteronomy 1:40
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Joshua 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

came

Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 20:1
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.

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Judges 11
1. The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should lead
12. The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain
29. Jephthah's vow
32. His conquest of the Ammonites
34. He performs his vow on his daughter.














But when Israel came up out of Egypt
This phrase refers to the pivotal event of the Exodus, where God delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. This event is foundational in Israel's history, marking the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land. It is a fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham (Genesis 15:13-14) and is frequently referenced throughout Scripture as a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness (Exodus 12:41, Deuteronomy 6:21). The Exodus is also a type of Christ's deliverance of believers from the bondage of sin (1 Corinthians 10:1-4).

they traveled through the wilderness
The wilderness journey was a period of testing and reliance on God, lasting 40 years due to Israel's disobedience and lack of faith (Numbers 14:33-34). This time in the wilderness is symbolic of the Christian life, where believers are called to trust in God's provision and guidance. The wilderness also served as a place of preparation and transformation for the Israelites, shaping them into a people ready to enter the Promised Land.

to the Red Sea
The crossing of the Red Sea is one of the most dramatic miracles in the Bible, where God parted the waters to allow the Israelites to escape Pharaoh's pursuing army (Exodus 14:21-22). This event is a powerful testament to God's sovereignty and protection. It is often seen as a type of baptism, symbolizing the believer's passage from death to life (1 Corinthians 10:2).

and came to Kadesh
Kadesh, also known as Kadesh-barnea, was a significant location during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings. It was here that the Israelites first attempted to enter the Promised Land, but their lack of faith led to their prolonged journey (Numbers 13:26, 14:29-30). Kadesh served as a base for several key events, including the sending of the twelve spies and the rebellion of Korah. It represents a place of decision and consequence, highlighting the importance of faith and obedience in the believer's walk with God.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Israel
The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. In this context, Israel refers to the collective group of people who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and journeyed through the wilderness.

2. Egypt
The land where the Israelites were enslaved for 400 years before God delivered them through Moses. It represents a place of bondage and oppression.

3. Wilderness
The desert area through which the Israelites traveled for 40 years after leaving Egypt. It was a time of testing, reliance on God, and preparation for entering the Promised Land.

4. Red Sea
The body of water that God miraculously parted to allow the Israelites to escape from the pursuing Egyptian army. It symbolizes God's deliverance and power.

5. Kadesh
A significant location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped. It was a place of decision and rebellion, as well as a point of entry into the Promised Land.
Teaching Points
God's Faithfulness in Deliverance
Reflect on how God delivered Israel from Egypt and led them through the wilderness. Consider how God has been faithful in your own life, delivering you from spiritual bondage.

The Importance of Obedience
The journey to Kadesh was marked by moments of obedience and rebellion. Evaluate areas in your life where God is calling you to obedience and trust.

Trusting God's Timing
The Israelites' journey was longer than expected due to their disobedience. Trust in God's perfect timing for the fulfillment of His promises in your life.

Learning from Past Mistakes
The events at Kadesh serve as a reminder to learn from past mistakes and to seek God's guidance in decision-making.

God's Provision in the Wilderness
Just as God provided for Israel in the wilderness, trust in His provision for your needs today, even in difficult circumstances.(16) When Israel came up from Egypt.--Compare with this narrative Numbers 20, 21.

Walked through the wilderness.--In the second year of the wanderings (Deuteronomy 1:19).

Unto the Red sea.--Numbers 14:25. The name for this sea in the Old Testament is Yam sooph, "the sea of weeds." They reached Kadesh Barnea from Ezion Geber ("the Giant's backbone"), in the Gulf of Akaba (Numbers 33:36).

To Kadesh.--Numbers 20:1; Numbers 33:16. . . .

Verse 16. - When Israel came up, etc. In this and the following verses there is a distinct reference to the history in Numbers and Deuteronomy, and in some instances verbal quotations. Thus in this verse the words below which are put in italics are found in Numbers 13:26; Numbers 14:25: Israel... walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But
כִּ֖י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

when [Israel] came up
בַּעֲלוֹתָ֣ם (ba·‘ă·lō·w·ṯām)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

out of Egypt,
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם (mim·miṣ·rā·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

[they]
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

traveled
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

through the wilderness
בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the Red
ס֔וּף (sūp̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5488: A reed, the papyrus

Sea
יַם־ (yam-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and came
וַיָּבֹ֖א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Kadesh.
קָדֵֽשָׁה׃ (qā·ḏê·šāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6946: Kadesh -- 'sacred', a place in the desert


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