Deuteronomy 1:19
17 Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
18 And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.
And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
20 I said: “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.
21 See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
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- BSB
- And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
- KJV
- And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- WEB
- We traveled from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
- ASV
- And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- DARBY
- And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw, on the way to the mountain of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God had commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- BLB
- And we departed from Horeb and went through all that great and fearful wilderness, which you⁺ saw on the way to the mountains of the Amorite, as YHWH our God had commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea,
- ÅB
- Så brøt vi opp fra Horeb og dro gjennom hele den store og forferdelige ørken som dere har sett, på veien til amoritter-fjellene, slik som Herren vår Gud befalte oss; og vi kom til Kades-Barnea.
- OTB
- "Så dro vi fra Horeb og gikk gjennom hele den store og fryktinngytende ørkenen som dere så, på vei til amorittenes fjelland, slik Herren vår Gud hadde befalt oss, og vi nådde Kadesj-Barnea.
- B1930
- Så brøt vi op fra Horeb og drog gjennem hele den store og forferdelige ørken som I har sett, på veien til amoritter-fjellene, således som Herren vår Gud bød oss; og vi kom til Kades-Barnea.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 1:2
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:15
He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:6
They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:10
He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
Read in contextNumbers 13:26
and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
Read in contextNumbers 10:12
and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
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