Deuteronomy 1:40

1:40 But as for you, ¹  turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea.” ² 

Deuteronomy 1:7

1:7 Get up now, ³  resume your journey, heading for ⁴  the Amorite hill country, to all its areas ⁵  including the arid country, ⁶  the highlands, the Shephelah, ⁷  the Negev, ⁸  and the coastal plain – all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

[1:40]  ¹ tn The Hebrew pronoun is plural, as are the following verbs, indicating that Moses and the people are addressed (note v. 41).

[1:40]  ² tn Heb “the Reed Sea.” “Reed” is a better translation of the Hebrew סוּף (suf), traditionally rendered “red.” The name “Red Sea” is based on the LXX which referred to it as ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης (eruqra" qalassh", “red sea”). Nevertheless, because the body of water in question is known in modern times as the Red Sea, this term was used in the translation. The part of the Red Sea in view here is not the one crossed in the exodus but its eastern arm, now known as the Gulf of Eilat or Gulf of Aqaba.

[1:7]  ³ tn Heb “turn”; NAB “Leave here”; NIV, TEV “Break camp.”

[1:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “go (to).”

[1:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “its dwelling places.”

[1:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Arabah” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[1:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “lowlands” (so TEV) or “steppes”; NIV, CEV, NLT “the western foothills.”

[1:7]  ⁸ sn The Hebrew term Negev means literally “desert” or “south” (so KJV, ASV). It refers to the area south of Beer Sheba and generally west of the Arabah Valley between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.