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Numbers 21:4

EsauEdomMount HorRed Sea
Exhaustion

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

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.

5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel 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

    And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

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  • Judges 11:18

    Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

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  • Acts 14:22

    Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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  • Numbers 32:7

    And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

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  • Numbers 32:9

    For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

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  • Numbers 33:41

    And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4

    That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:40

    But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

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