Everyday words
Kadesh
Start with Genesis 14:7, where the Bible uses the word kadesh in a real sentence: “They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites,…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 14:7
“They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.”
2. Genesis 16:14
“Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.”
3. Genesis 20:1
“Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.”
4. Numbers 13:26
“They went and came to Moses, to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.”
5. Numbers 20:1
“The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.”
6. Numbers 20:14
“Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us;”
7. Numbers 20:16
“When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.”
8. Numbers 20:22
“They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.”
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Say it
Practice Genesis 14:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theyreturned,andcametoEnMishpatcalledKadesh),andstruckallthecountryoftheAmalekites,andalsotheAmorites,livedinHazazon