Deuteronomy 1:2

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

Deuteronomy 1:23

1:23 I thought this was a good idea, ⁵  so I sent ⁶  twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

Deuteronomy 14:22

The Offering of Tribute

14:22 You must be certain to tithe ⁷  all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

Deuteronomy 1:3

1:3 However, it was not until ⁸  the first day of the eleventh month ⁹  of the fortieth year ¹⁰  that Moses addressed the Israelites just as ¹¹  the Lord had instructed him to do.

[1:2]  ¹ sn An eleven-day journey was about 140 mi (233 km).

[1:2]  ² 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.

[1:2]  ³ 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.

[1:2]  ⁴ 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.”

[1:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “the thing was good in my eyes.”

[1:23]  ⁶ tn Or “selected” (so NIV, NRSV, TEV); Heb “took.”

[14:22]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, indicated in the translation by the words “be certain.”

[1:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “in” or “on.” Here there is a contrast between the ordinary time of eleven days (v. 2) and the actual time of forty years, so “not until” brings out that vast disparity.

[1:3]  ¹⁴ sn The eleventh month is Shebat in the Hebrew calendar, January/February in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.

[1:3]  ¹⁵ sn The fortieth year would be 1406 b.c. according to the “early” date of the exodus. See E. H. Merrill, Kingdom of Priests, 66-75.

[1:3]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “according to all which.”