Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned, and tooke our iourney into the wildernes, by the way of the red Sea, as the Lord spake vnto me: and we compassed mount Seir a long time.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the Lord spake vnto me, saying,
Cross References
Numbers 21:4After, they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the red Sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the people were sore grieued because of the way.
Deuteronomy 1:40But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:1
Moses, in this chapter, proceeds in the rehearsal of God's providences concerning Israel in their way to Canaan, yet preserves not the record of any thing that happened during their tedious march back to the Red Sea, in which they wore out almost thirty-eight years, but passes that over in silence as a dark time, and makes his narrative to begin again when they faced about towards Canaan ( ver. 1-3 ), and drew towards the countries that were inhabited, concerning which God here gives them direction, I. What… Read the whole commentary →