Moses’ Error at Kadesh^(A)

20 Then^(B) the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in ^(C)Kadesh; and ^(D)Miriam died there and was buried there.

²¹ So they went up and spied out the land ^(A)from the Wilderness of Zin as far as ^(B)Rehob, near the entrance of ^(C)Hamath.

³⁶ They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in the ^(A)Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

The Song of Miriam^(A)

²⁰ Then Miriam ^(B)the prophetess, ^(C)the sister of Aaron, ^(D)took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her ^(E)with timbrels and with dances.

¹⁴ For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you ^(A)rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the ^(B)waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

⁵⁹ The name of Amram’s wife was ^(A)Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

Dissension of Aaron and Miriam

12 Then ^(A)Miriam and Aaron ^[a]spoke ^(B)against Moses because of the ^[b]Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for ^(C)he had married an Ethiopian woman.