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many days you stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this reason you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After we had been in Kadesh for a few months, we obeyed the LORD and headed back into the desert by way of Red Sea Road. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />That's why you stayed in Kadesh as long as you did.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"So then, after we had stayed at Kadesh for a long time, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You remained in Kadesh for many days. It was a long time, indeed."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time?a very long time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time--indeed, for the full time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according to the days that ye abode there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you remained. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you dwell in Kadesh [for] many days, according to the days which you had dwelt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye dwell in Kadesh many days, according to the days which ye had dwelt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall dwell in Kadesh many days according to the days that ye dwelt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So you abode in Cadesbarne a long time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, you camped at Kadesh-barnea for a long time.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />That is why you had to stay as long as you did at Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After you had stayed at Kadesh as many days as you did,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So you remained in Rakim many days, according to the days that you remained there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you stayed in Raqem many days according to the days that you stayed.’” <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye dwelt in Cades many days, as many days as ye dwelt <i>there</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=422" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">The Defeat at Hormah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">45</span>And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you. <span class="reftext">46</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wat·tê·šə·ḇū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">For this reason you stayed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6946.htm" title="6946: ḇə·qā·ḏêš (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Sacred, a place in the desert. The same as qadesh; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert.">in Kadesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">for a long time—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: kay·yā·mîm (Prep-k, Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">a very long time.</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yə·šaḇ·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry."></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a></span><br />In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Numbers 20:1</a></span><br />In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25</a></span><br />Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-36.htm">Numbers 33:36</a></span><br />They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-38.htm">Numbers 33:38</a></span><br />At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-22.htm">Numbers 20:22-29</a></span><br />After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor. / And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, / “Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4</a></span><br />Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-30.htm">Numbers 33:30-31</a></span><br />They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. / They set out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-37.htm">Numbers 33:37</a></span><br />They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-35.htm">Numbers 33:35</a></span><br />They set out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-33.htm">Numbers 33:33-34</a></span><br />They set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. / They set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-32.htm">Numbers 33:32</a></span><br />They set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-39.htm">Numbers 33:39</a></span><br />Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-40.htm">Numbers 33:40</a></span><br />Now the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were coming.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-41.htm">Numbers 33:41</a></span><br />And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you stayed there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25,34</a></b></br> (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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/20-1.htm">Numbers 20:1,22</a></b></br> Then came the children of Israel, <i>even</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/11-16.htm">Judges 11:16,17</a></b></br> But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/25-1.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-19.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/numbers/36-12.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/numbers/11-32.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/35-20.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-4.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joshua/6-11.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Time</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-29.htm">Waiting</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from Horeb</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-14.htm">of giving them officers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-19.htm">of sending the spies to search the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">of his anger for their incredulity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-41.htm">and disobedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For this reason</b><br>This 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.<p><b>you stayed in Kadesh</b><br>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.<p><b>for a long time—a very long time.</b><br>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.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is recounting their journey and the consequences of their disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from Egypt and are on their journey to the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/kadesh.htm">Kadesh</a></b><br>A significant location in the wilderness where the Israelites camped for an extended period due to their disobedience and lack of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_wanderings.htm">Wilderness Wanderings</a></b><br>The period of 40 years when the Israelites wandered in the desert as a result of their rebellion against God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' extended stay at Kadesh serves as a reminder of the consequences of disobedience and lack of faith in God's promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a></b><br>Trusting in God's promises is crucial. The Israelites' failure to trust led to unnecessary delays and hardships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_justice.htm">God's Patience and Justice</a></b><br>While God is patient, there are consequences for persistent rebellion. His justice ensures that disobedience is addressed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_spiritual_journey.htm">Reflecting on Our Spiritual Journey</a></b><br>Just 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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_to_move_forward.htm">Encouragement to Move Forward</a></b><br>God desires for us to move forward in faith, not to remain stagnant in our spiritual lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_feel_abandoned_if_god_is_with_you.htm">Why do you feel abandoned when God is with you?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/should_ezra_abandon_foreign_families.htm">Should Ezra have ordered abandoning foreign wives and children?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_kadesh_barnea's_biblical_role.htm">What is the biblical significance of Kadesh Barnea?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_evidence_for_deut._1_10-11.htm">Deuteronomy 1:10-11 suggests a huge population in the desert; where is the archaeological evidence for such a large group?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(46) <span class= "bld">So ye abode in Kadesh many days.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and. </span>In <a href="/numbers/14-25.htm" title="(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelled in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.">Numbers 14:25</a> the command was, <span class= "ital">"Tomorrow </span>turn you, and get you into the wilderness." This command was broken by the attack on the Canaanites, made on the morrow after the command. We cannot be certain that the many days spent in Kadesh were spent after the defeat. It may be merely a note of the fact that the time spent in Kadesh was considerable. The mission of the spies alone occupied forty days.<p><span class= "bld">According unto the days that ye abode there.</span>--The Jewish commentator Rashi, quoting from <span class= "ital">Seder Olam, </span>says they in Kadesh, and nineteen in their wanderings.<p><span class= "bld"><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 46.</span> - It was unnecessary that Moses should tell the people the precise length of time they abode in Kadesh after this, because that was well known to them; he, therefore, contents himself with saying that they remained there as long as they did remain (comp. for a similar expression, <a href="/deuteronomy/9-25.htm">Deuteronomy 9:25</a>). How long they actually remained there cannot be determined, for the expression, many days, is wholly indefinite. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For this reason you stayed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tê·šə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Kadesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְקָדֵ֖שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·qā·ḏêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6946.htm">Strong's 6946: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kadesh -- 'sacred', a place in the desert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for a long time—</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a very long time.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּיָּמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(kay·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">Deuteronomy 1:46 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/1-46.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 1:46 So you abode in Kadesh many days (Deut. 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