This is my last post, so enjoy if for all it’s worth. I will not respond to most of the points, sorry.
- Diogenes: 1) How do they know where Kadesh-Barnea is? 2) According to “Aley Masei,” written in Hebrew, the Jews were NEVER in Kadesh-Barnea. Instead, they were “near” Kadesh-Barnea. He says that Kadesh-Barnea was a part of Israel (which the Jews were forbidden to enter), so where the Jews camped could not have been in Kadesh-Barnea. How “near” to Kadesh-Barnea were they? The author says “I don’t know.” Apparently, you do. 3) How long were they at Kadesh-Barnea, or “near” Kadesh-Barnea? According to Rashi, they were there for nineteen years. According to Ibn Ezra, they were there for approximately two months (See Haemek Davar on Deuteronomy Chapter one).