Deuteronomy 1:23

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ¹  so I sent ²  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 1:2

1:2 Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey ³  from Horeb ⁴  to Kadesh Barnea ⁵  by way of Mount Seir. ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 17:4

17:4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing ⁷  is being done in Israel,

¹ tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

² tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

³ sn An eleven-day journey was about 140 mi (233 km).

⁴ sn Horeb is another name for Sinai. “Horeb” occurs 9 times in the Book of Deuteronomy and “Sinai” only once (33:2). “Sinai” occurs 13 times in the Book of Exodus and “Horeb” only 3 times.

⁵ sn Kadesh Barnea. Possibly this refers to àAin Qudeis, about 50 mi (80 km) southwest of Beer Sheba, but more likely to àAin Qudeirat, 5 mi (8 km) NW of àAin Qudeis. See R. Cohen, “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?” BAR 7 (1981): 20-33.

⁶ sn Mount Seir is synonymous with Edom. “By way of Mount Seir” refers to the route from Horeb that ended up in Edom Cf. CEV “by way of the Mount Seir Road”; TEV “by way of the hill country of Edom.”

⁷ tn Heb “an abomination” (תּוֹעֵבָה); see note on the word “offensive” in v. 1.