And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh
Pursuing their victories as far as Elparan by the wilderness, they had passed by the country of the Amalekites; wherefore they "returned", or came back to fall upon them, and they came to a place called Enmishpat, or the "fountain of judgment"; which was not its future name, as Jarchi thinks, because there Moses and Aaron were to be judged concerning the business of that fountain, even the waters of Meribah, with which agrees the Targum of Jonathan;
``and they returned and came to the place where the judgment of Moses the prophet was determined by the fountain of the waters of contention:''but it seems to have been the ancient name of the place, and by which it was called at this time, as Kadesh was the name of it at the time of Moses writing this; and therefore he adds, which [is] Kadesh;
``to the plain of the division or decision of judgment;''which, as Jarchi himself interprets it,
``is a place where the men of the province gathered together for all judgment;''or for hearing all causes and determining them: and smote all the country of the Amalekites;