Deuteronomy 1:2

1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;

4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:

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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

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

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  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

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  • Deuteronomy 9:23

    Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:4

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

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  • Joshua 14:6

    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.

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  • Exodus 3:1

    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

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  • Deuteronomy 1:44

    And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

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