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 16:9

The Festival of Weeks

16:9 You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them ⁵  from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

Deuteronomy 30:8

30:8 You will return and obey the Lord, keeping all his commandments I am giving ⁶  you today.

Deuteronomy 33:25

33:25 The bars of your gates ⁷  will be made of iron and bronze,

and may you have lifelong strength.

[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.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.

[30:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I now enjoin on you.”

[33:25]  ¹³ tn The words “of your gates” have been supplied in the translation to clarify the referent of “bars.”