2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea 1 just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
33:19 They will summon peoples to the mountain,
there they will sacrifice proper 3 sacrifices;
for they will enjoy 4 the abundance of the seas,
and the hidden treasures of the shores. 5
1 tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.
2 tn Heb “lift your eyes to the west, north, south, and east and see with your eyes.” The translation omits the repetition of “your eyes” for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Or “acceptable”; Heb “righteous” (so NASB).
4 tn Heb “suck.”
5 tn Heb “of the sand” (so NRSV, NLT); CEV “the sandy beach.”
4 tn Or “western” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); Heb “latter,” a reference to the Mediterranean Sea (cf. NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).