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Deuteronomy 2:1
Deuteronomy 2:1 is verse 1 of Deuteronomy chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
Or the Sea of Reeds
King James Version
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
World English Bible
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.
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Deuteronomy 2:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
2 At this time the LORD said to me,
3 “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Deuteronomy 1:40But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Numbers 14:25Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Deuteronomy 1:2It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
Numbers 21:4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
Judges 11:18Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.