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21 Therefore, since Edom refused to let Israel pass through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

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The Bronze Serpent. From Mount Hor they set out by way of the Red Sea, to bypass the land of Edom, but the people’s patience was worn out by the journey;

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Journey Around Moab. 10 The Israelites moved on and encamped in Oboth.(A) 11 Then they moved on from Oboth and encamped in Iye-abarim[a] in the wilderness facing Moab on the east. 12 Moving on from there, they encamped in the Wadi Zered.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:11 Iye-abarim: probably means “the ruins in the Abarim (Mountains).” See note on 27:12.

So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau who live in Seir, leaving behind us the Arabah route, Elath, and Ezion-geber.

Along Moab. Then we turned and passed on toward the wilderness of Moab.

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