Deuteronomy 2:1 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:1

Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days.

KJV

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Deu 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deu 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount Hor Num 20:22; Num 33:37, and directs their march around to the southern extremity of Mount Seir, so as to “compass the land of Edom” Jdg 11:18; Num 21:4, and so northward toward the Arnon, i. e., “by the way of the wilderness of Moab,” Deu 2:

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They appear to have followed northward nearly the same route, which is now taken by the Syrian hadji, along the western skirts of this great desert, near the mountains of Edom [ROBINSON]. It was on entering these plains they received the command, "Ye have compassed this mountain (this hilly tract, now Jebel Shera) long enough, turn ye northward" [De 2:3].

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַנֵּ֜פֶן	va.Ne.fen	and we turned	H6437 →
וַנִּסַּ֤ע	va.ni.Sa'	and we set out	H5265 →
הַמִּדְבָּ֙רָה֙	ha.mid.Ba.rah	the wilderness towards	H4057 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְ	De.rekh	[the] way of	H1870 →
יַם־	yam-	[the] sea of	H3220 →
ס֔וּף	Suf	reed[s]	H5488 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלָ֑י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
וַנָּ֥סָב	va.Na.sov	and we went around	H5437 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַר־	har-	[the] hill country of	H2022 →
שֵׂעִ֖יר	se.'Ir	Seir	H8165 →
יָמִ֥ים	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →
רַבִּֽים׃ ס	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 21:4
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
leads to
- 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.
- 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.…
- Numbers 32:7
  Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
Through
Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:40
  But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Through
Deuteronomy 1:40
But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
leads to
- Numbers 14:25
  Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Through
Deuteronomy 1:2
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
leads to
- Numbers 32:8
  This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.
- Numbers 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…
Through
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.…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:1–8
  Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

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04Related verses

06About Deuteronomy

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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