2 ¹ “we journeyed back into the wilderness, in the direction of the Red Sea,^[a] as the Lord had told me, and skirted Mount Seir for many days.^(A)

⁴ From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea,^[a] to go around the land of Edom, but the people became discouraged on the way.^(A)

⁴⁰ But as for you, journey back into the wilderness, in the direction of the Red Sea.’^[a](A)

²⁵ Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”^[a](A)

¹⁸ Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.^(A)

² (By the way of Mount Seir it takes eleven days to reach Kadesh-barnea from Horeb.)