Deuteronomy 1 · Verse 2

Deuteronomy 1:2

(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)
Deuteronomy 1:2, King James Version

Deuteronomy 1:2 in other translations

BSBIt is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
WEBIt is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnea.
ASVIt is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.
YLTeleven days' from Horeb, the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-Barnea.
DARBYThere are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
BBEIt is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
Webster(There are eleven days journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.)

What does Deuteronomy 1:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. There are eleven days' journey from Horeb--Distances are computed in the East still by the hours or days occupiesd by the journey. A day's journey on foot is about twenty miles--on camels, at the rate of three miles an hour, thirty miles--and by caravans, about twenty-five miles. But the Israelites, with children and flocks, would move at a slow rate. The length of the Ghor from Ezion-geber to Kadesh is a hundred miles. The days here mentioned were not necessarily successive days [Robinson], for the journey can be made in a much shorter period. But this mention of the time was made to show that the great number of years spent in travelling from Horeb to the plain of Moab was not owing to the length of the way, but to a very different cause; namely, banishment for their apostasy and frequent rebellions. mount Seir--the mountainous country of Edom.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 There are eleven days' journey - The Israelites were eleven days in going from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, where they were near the verge of the promised land; after which they were thirty-eight years wandering up and down in the vicinity of this place, not being permitted, because of their rebellions, to enter into the promised rest, though they were the whole of that time within a few miles of the land of Canaan!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Of the sending the spies--God's anger for their unbelief and disobedience. (19-46) Verses 1-8 Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in commandment. Horeb was but eleven days distant from Kadesh-barnea. This was to remind them that their own bad conduct had occasioned their tedious wanderings; that they might the more readily understand the advantages of obedience. They must now go forward. Though God…

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Deuteronomy 1:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַחַ֨ד'a.Chad[is] one [plus]H259
עָשָׂ֥ר'a.SartenH6240
יוֹם֙yOmday[s]H3117
מֵֽחֹרֵ֔בme.cho.Revfrom HorebH2722
דֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870
הַר\־har-[the] mountain ofH2022
שֵׂעִ֑ירse.'IrSeirH8165
עַ֖ד'adtoH5704
קָדֵ֥שׁka.DeshKadeshH6947
בַּרְנֵֽעַ\׃bar.Ne.a'BarneaH6947

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 1:2

  • Numbers 32:8

    Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea to see the land.

  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

  • Deuteronomy 9:23

    Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

  • Deuteronomy 2:8

    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • Deuteronomy 2:4

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

  • Joshua 14:6

    Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh–barnea.

  • Exodus 3:1

    Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

  • Deuteronomy 1:44

    And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

  • Leviticus 2:14

    And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

  • Numbers 20:17-21

    Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. …

  • Leviticus 9:23

    And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
by the way.
44; 2:4,8; Nu 20:17-21
unto.
Le 2:14; 9:23; Nu 13:26; 32:8; Jos 14:6

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 1:1

    These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

  • Deuteronomy 1:2

    (There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh–barnea.)

  • Deuteronomy 1:3

    And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

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Deuteronomy 1:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Once jornadas hay desde Horeb, camino del monte de Seir, hasta Cades-barnea.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il y a onze journées depuis Horeb, par le chemin de la montagne de Séhir, jusqu’à Kadès-Barnéa.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Elf Tagereisen sind vom Horeb, auf dem Wege des Gebirges Seir, bis Kades-Barnea.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
undecim diebus de Horeb per viam montis Seir usque ad Cadesbarne.