Then came. This was in the first month of the fortieth year alter Exodus. Compare Numbers 20:28 with Numbers 33:38 and Deuteronomy 2:1-7. A gap of 37 years between the spies (Numbers chapter 13 and Numbers chapter 14) and Numbers chapter 20. This blank should be carefully noted. See note on Numbers 14:34, and App-50.
children. sons.
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton throughout this chapter. The old nation dead. History of new nation begins here, and each event singled out and emphasized.
Kadesh. The second time in eventful Kadesh. No history since the first time all. blank, except. list of journeyings in Numbers 33.
Miriam: died early in fortieth year; Aaron in the fifth month. Compare verses: Numbers 20:23-29 with verses: Num 20:33, Num 20:38.