Deuteronomy 1:40

But as for you, turn ye, for your part,—and set forward towards the desert, by way of the Red Sea.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

In Context

39And your little ones, of whom ye said they should become, a prey, and your sons who to-day know not good and evil, they, shall enter in thither,—and unto them, will I give it, and they, shall possess it.

41Then responded ye and said unto me—We have sinned against Yahweh, We, ourselves, will go up, and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God hath commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye foolishly went up towards the hill-country.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:25Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are dwelling in the valley,—to-morrow, turn ye away; and set yourselves forward towards the desert by the way of the Red Sea.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:20-46

Israel's Sin at Kadesh. ( b. c. 1451.) 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be… Read the whole commentary →

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