Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir. This area was the hill country of Edom. [190] Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
Deuteronomy 1:2 - Easy To Read Version The trip from Mount Horeb (Sinai) through the Seir mountains to Kadesh Barnea takes only eleven days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is [only] eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea [on Canaan's border; yet Israel took forty years to get beyond it]. American Standard Version (1901) It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. Common English Bible It is eleven days from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea along the Mount Seir route.) Catholic Public Domain Version eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir as far as Kadesh-barnea. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Cadesbarne. |
Jacob’s brother Esau was living in the area called Seir. This area was the hill country of Edom. [190] Jacob sent messengers to Esau.
I will stand before you on a rock at Horeb (Mount Sinai). Hit that rock with the walking stick and water will come out of it. Then the people can drink.”
Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
“When you bring a grain offering from the first harvest to the Lord, you must bring roasted heads of grain. They must be crushed heads of fresh grain. This will be your grain offering from the first harvest.
Moses and Aaron went into the Meeting Tent. [112] They came out and blessed the people. Then the Glory of the Lord [113] appeared to all the people.
The people of Israel were camped near Kadesh, in the desert of Paran. The men went to Moses and Aaron and all the Israelite people. The men told Moses, Aaron, and all the people about the things they saw. And they showed them the fruit from the land.
Your fathers did the same thing to me. In Kadesh Barnea I sent spies to look at the land.
“Then we obeyed the Lord our God. We left Mount Horeb (Sinai) and traveled toward the hill country of the Amorite people. We went through that big and terrible desert that you saw. We came to Kadesh Barnea.
But the Amorite people living there came out to fight against you. They were like a swarm of bees chasing you. They chased you all the way from Seir to Hormah.
“Then we did what the Lord told me to do. We went back into the desert on the road that leads to the Red Sea. We traveled for many days to go around the Seir [9] mountains.
Tell these things to the people: You will pass through the land of Seir. This land belongs to your relatives, the descendants [10] of Esau. They will be afraid of you. Be very careful.
“So we passed by our relatives, the people of Esau living there in Seir. We left the road that leads from the Jordan Valley to the towns of Elath and Ezion Geber. We turned onto the road that goes to the desert in Moab.
And you did not obey when the Lord told you to leave Kadesh Barnea. He said, ‘Go up and take the land I am giving you.’ But you refused to obey the Lord your God. You did not trust him. You did not listen to his command.
One day some people from the family group of Judah went to Joshua at Gilgal. One of those people was Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite. Caleb said to Joshua, “You remember the things the Lord said at Kadesh Barnea. The Lord was speaking to Moses, his servant. [55] The Lord was talking about you and me.