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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Numbers 13:26

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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they came . . . to Kadesh--an important encampment of the Israelites. But its exact situation is not definitely known, nor is it determined whether it is the same or a different place from Kadesh-barnea. It is supposed to be identical with Ain-el-Weibeh, a famous spring on the eastern side of the desert [ROBINSON], or also with Petra [STANLEY].
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