05-4. Geographical Objer vat ions 



to Kadeftj Barnea, Numh. ?g 8. Veut- 1.19. and 7- ig. Jo/b. 

 14. 7. ThisPlace,which in Numh lo- 1- X7. 14. and 3 g. 56. is called 

 Tzin KadeJJj, or fimply Kadefi, \)vas ^/e'l;^';/ Z)^^ Journey from 

 Mount trior eh ^ 7)eut' i- 3. and, being afcribedboth to theDefert 

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

 the Confines of them Both. 

 Petra. Tetra, the Metropolis oi Arahia, lying cxxxv Miles to the 



Eaft ward of Gaza ', and four Days Journey from Jericho "■ to 

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

 Country {y1x\\z Mtdianites2i\\^ Moahites, at fifty Miles Diftance 

 to the Eaftward of KadefJj- According to Joje^lms, it was 

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

 ruption o^ Rekem^^ the true and antient Name. The Ama- 

 lekites ^ who are frequently mentioned in Scripture, were once 

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

 Procefs of Time, by the Nahath^ans, a People no lefs famous 

 in profane Hiftory. 

 Thecompaf- But to putfuc, as far as we are able, the Journeys of the 

 f^^jf ^'"'-''^ Ifraelites : ^^om Kadefj, they were ordered to turn into the 

 tVildernefsj hy the Way of the Red Sea, Numh. 14. a 5-. 'Deut. 

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

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

 ther towards the Land of Canaan. Now thefe Marches are 

 called the compaj/ing of Mount Seir, Deut. %. i. and the fajfing 

 hy from the Children of Efau, which dwelt in Seir, through 

 f^7!twel)l the Way of the Tlain of Eloth, and Ezion-gaher. (v. 8. ) The 

 Eio?h^^w^ Wandering therefore of the Children oiljrael for thirty eight 

 Heroopoiis. y^^j.^^ (2)6'/^/. ^. 14.) was confincd, in all Probability, to that 

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

 Eloth and Heroopolh. For Mount Seir, here fpoken of, (which 



I NabatlMorum oppidum Petra abeft a Gaaa, oppido litoris noflri dc. M a finu Ferfico 

 cxxxv. M. Fl'in. i.6. cap. 28. Inverte nom'ina : i Gaza cxxxv Sec. Sic numeri melius 

 conftabunt & ceteris, tarn geograpbis quam hiftoricis, conciliari foterunt. Cellar. Geogr. Antiq. 

 l.j.p. 418. 2 MjiTj^Tre^if i) f^ Nafoero/wi' o^v I'l risTfa lyiAK^x. Strab. \.l6.'pliz<^. "'* raJUTti ^i (^Petra 

 fc.) K^ iyitJiaTa '£ii TSiiv "inmafuv oi"of KfUfSy ei( Isp/j^Sr-ro. ibid. p. 1 125. 3 Xoehv, fMtt'o'mhiv iwrav AfaCif 

 viyo/Mnam, ra^Tisyv p AffcM/ M^ofy-V"", neTfati' '^ vZv hoyA^oij^nv. jfof. Antiq. I.4. cap. 4. 4 Kekam 

 vel KiikviH eft Petra Urbs, aliis Rucom, Recem, Receme, & praefixo Articulo Areceme, & per 

 apocopen Arce, Petrsx fcilicet Metropolis "Ijn Hagar i. e. Petra a fitu didta, quia in ea 

 domus excifa fttnt in Petra. Et Rekem a conditore rege Madian de quo Num. 31. 8. Hinc 

 Jofephus 1.4. cap. 7. ita habet de Recemn rege Madian: Vixii^Qrt S vdhii iTrnvufux -n twc i|/'a/«* 

 i? Ajafaii' iyjim >5s. Et rurfus A^ixijMi y^k^ttu tli-^t* OTtp'EW^nn Myo^/^n. Et Eufcbius de locis : Psw/x 

 ouIth i^ flST?* otak >} ApaSidj «s IZainhcMn PoMfM. Vid. Boch. Can. 1. 1, cap. 44. j 0< t r<£ohi7)iy ^ -nr 

 nETfttf y.ttniKivTi!, a'i v.t/Mvnu pi A/jMhwuTtu. Jof. Antiq. Jud. I.3. Cap. 2. Nabatsi oppidum incolunt 

 Petram nomine &c. Plin. I. 6, cap. 28, Vid. Not. 2. ut fupra. 



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