"But you came to me and said, 'Let's send men ahead of us to spy out the land, so that they can tell us the best route to take and what kind of cities are there.'

"That seemed like a good thing to do, so I selected twelve men, one from each tribe.

This was thirty-eight years after we had left Kadesh Barnea. All the fighting men of that generation had died, as the LORD had said they would.

So the men went north and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin in the south all the way to Rehob, near Hamath Pass in the north.

because both of you rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin. When the whole community complained against me at Meribah, you refused to acknowledge my holy power before them." (Meribah is the spring at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

(SEE 33:15)

because both of you were unfaithful to me in the presence of the people of Israel. When you were at the waters of Meribah, near the town of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin, you dishonored me in the presence of the people.

and we cried to the LORD for help. He heard our cry and sent an angel, who led us out of Egypt. Now we are at Kadesh, a town at the border of your territory.

His voice makes the desert shake; he shakes the desert of Kadesh.

Moses had married a Cushite woman, and Miriam and Aaron criticized him for it.

and the cloud left the Tent, Miriam's skin was suddenly covered with a dreaded disease and turned as white as snow. When Aaron looked at her and saw that she was covered with the disease,

Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought back in.

who was married to Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born in Egypt. She bore Amram two sons, Aaron and Moses, and a daughter, Miriam.

The baby's sister stood some distance away to see what would happen to him.

Then his sister asked her, "Shall I go and call a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby for you?"

The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took her tambourine, and all the women followed her, playing tambourines and dancing.

I brought you out of Egypt; I rescued you from slavery; I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.