But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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Interpretation
One instance of the honour and respect we owe to God, as our God, is, rightly to employ what he gives us to possess. Receive it from him, use it for him, and part with it when he calls for it.
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This thought runs through Judges 11:12-16.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Kadesh-barnea Place
- Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin”. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Red Sea Place
- Biblical body of water. Modern identification: Gulf of Aqaba.