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Numbers 21:4

EsauEdomMount HorRed Sea
Exhaustion

2 So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”

3 And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.

Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey

5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

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BSB
Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
KJV
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
WEB
They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
ASV
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
DARBY
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way;
BLB
And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the soul of the people was short on the way.
ÅB
Så brøt de opp fra fjellet Hor og tok veien til det Røde Hav for å dra omkring Edoms land; men på veien ble folket utålmodig,
OTB
De reiste fra fjellet Hor langs veien til Rødehavet for å omgå Edoms land; men folket ble utålmodige underveis.
B1930
Så brøt de op fra fjellet Hor og tok veien til det Røde Hav for å dra omkring Edoms land; men på veien blev folket utålmodig,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 6:9

    Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

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  • Judges 11:18

    Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

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  • Acts 14:22

    strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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  • Numbers 32:7

    Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

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  • Numbers 32:9

    For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

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  • Numbers 33:41

    And the Israelites set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4

    so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:40

    But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”

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