Deuteronomy 1:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 1:2

The Previous Command to Enter Canaan

1 These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel ^aon this side of the Jordan in the wilderness, in the¹ plain opposite Suph, between Paran, Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir ^ato Kadesh Barnea.

3 Now it came to pass ^ain the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him as commandments to them,

4 ^aafter he had killed Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth ^bin Edrei.

5 On this side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying,

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 1:2

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American Standard Version
It is eleven days' `journey' from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.

Amplified® Bible
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].

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 1:1)

Darby English Version
There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

Good News Bible
(It takes eleven days to travel from Mount Sinai to Kadesh Barnea by way of the hill country of Edom.)

King James Version
(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

New American Standard Bible
It is eleven days' {journey} from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

New International Version
(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)

New King James Version
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It will take eleven days to journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

Revised Standard Version
It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Se'ir to Ka'desh-bar'nea.

Young's Literal Translation
eleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.

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The Previous Command to Enter Canaan

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