Deuteronomy 1:2
1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan—in the Arabah opposite Suph—between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
4 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
- KJV
- ( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
- WEB
- It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
- ASV
- It is eleven days` [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.
- DARBY
- There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- BLB
- [It is] eleven days from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- ÅB
- elleve dagsreiser fra Horeb etter den vei som fører til Se'ir-fjellene, til Kades-Barnea.
- OTB
- Det er en elleve dagers reise fra Horeb langs veien til Se'ir-fjellet til Kadesj-Barnea.
- B1930
- elleve dagsreiser fra Horeb efter den vei som fører til Se'ir-fjellene, til Kades-Barnea.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 32:8
This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
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 contextDeuteronomy 9:23
And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:8
So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:4
and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
Read in contextJoshua 14:6
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
Read in contextExodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 1:44
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
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