^j -φ Geographical Obfervatmis 



to Kadefj Barnea, Ntrnb. ^g 8. Deut- i- 19. and 7. 23. Jofi. 

 ΐφ. η. ThisPlace,which in Ntonh ic i• τη- 1^• and 3 3. ^6. is called 

 7>;i« Kadefj, or fimply Kadepj, was f/e"i;^;2 Z>^i Jour 7iey from 

 Mount Horeb, Deut. i- 3. and, being afcribed both to the Defert 

 of Tzin and Tar an, we may prefume that it lay near or upon 

 the Confines of them Both. 

 Pctra. Tetra, the Metropolis oi Arabia, lying cxxxv Miles to the 



Eaftward of Gaza \ and four Days Journey from Jericho » to 

 the Southward, may probably be fixed, near the Confines of the 

 Country of the Mldlanltes and Moabltes, at fifty Miles Diftance 

 to the Eaftward of Kadefj- According to Joje^hi^s, it was 

 formerly called Arce^, which Bochart fuppofeth to be a Cor- 

 ruption 0Ϊ Rekem\ the true and antient Name. The Ama- 

 lehites % who are frequently mentioned in Scripture, were once 

 feated in the Neighbourhood of this Place, being fucceeded, in 

 Procefs of Time, by the Rabathceans, a People no lefs famous 

 in profane Hiftory. 

 neco^paf- B"t to purfue, as far as we are able, the Journeys of the 

 go/ Ma.vt ^γ^ζΐΐΐζ^ : from Kadeflj, they were ordered to turn Into the 

 Wlldernefs, by the Way of the Red Sea, Numb. ΐφ. ay. Tieut. 

 I. 40. i e. They were at this Time, in Punifliment of their 

 Murmurings, Infidelity, and Difobedience, to advance no fur- 

 ther towards the Land of Canaan. Now thefe Marches are 

 called the compajffing of Mount Selr, T>eut. x. i. and the paj/ing 

 by from the Children of Efau, which dwelt in Selr, through 

 tyttlZ the Way of the Tlain of Eloth, and Ezion-gaber. (v. 8.) The 

 EiO?h*il/ Wandering therefore of the Children oUfrael for thirty eight 

 Heroopohs. Y^^j.g^ (2)^2//. X. I φ.) was confined, in all Probability, to that 

 Neck of Land only, which lyeth bounded by the Gulphs of 

 Eloth and Heroopolis. For Mount Selr, here fpoken of, (which 



I N.il/uth£oru',n oppidum Petra abeft a Gas^a, oppido litoris noftri dc. M a finii Perfico 

 cxxxv. M. Pl'in. 1.6. cap. 28. ]>:verte vam'ma : ζ Gaza cxxxv &c. Sic nmneri melius 

 conflabunt & ceteris, tarn geographis quuni bifloricis, conciliari poterunt. Cellar. Geogr. Antiq. 

 1.3. p. 418. 2 MnifOOTMf 3 •ίί/ N«f«T£u«f 'bhv 'xUittt )(*λ>ί,(Λύ«. Strab. 1.1(5. pil2j. ** ταίη» it(Petr£ 

 fc.jiJiiue^Ju-raTM οϋ TSiir » τΐττΗρων oiof ««spof tit Ιίριχϊντ». ibid.p. 1 Ι2(ί. 3 Xoeici', 'i (ΧΜ-ΓξότηλίΫ αΰτων fifaCtt 

 vsyoptxctin, Ό^-πξ^ν μ Α^Λπν hiyoij^m, rieTfct» j vZt ΙνομΛζο/ΔμΜν. fof Antiq. J. 4. cap. 4. 4 Rekant 

 vel Rakim eft Pctra Urbs, aliis Rocom, Recem, Reeeme, & prsefixo Articulo Areceme, & per 

 apocopen Arce, Petroeae icilicet Metropolis "Ijn Hugar i. e. Petra a fitu didta, quia in ea 

 domus excif£ funt in Petra. Et Rekem a conditore rege Madian de quo Num. 31.8. Hinc 

 Jofcphus 1. 4. cap. 7. ita habet de Recemo rege Madian : ΐαίίμ@', £ τκΛ/? Ιττύνυμαί -η mv ίξίαμα 

 <} ^ζίζay ϊχκαα >5f. Et ruifus Api;u(/)i tf^hHvu ΧύΐξΛ twp'EMmoi Aiyo.uV». Et Etifebiiis de locis: νίύμ 

 (u,T« SJi tliitd τιίλκ •ί A(!xStdi tif {ίαήλουη ΡοΜμ. Vid. Boch. Can.l.l. cap. 44. 5: 0< τ ro^ohiTny K) vir 

 Πί7?:ί;' KttniMvns, 0» -MKifpu μ ΑμΛλ»ιΰτβί. Jof. Antiq. Jud. I.3. cap.2. Nabats'i oppidum incolunt 

 Petram nomine &c, Plin. 1. 6. cap 28, Vid. Not. 2. ut fupta. 



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