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 10:7

10:7 From there they traveled to Gudgodah, ³  and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, ⁴  a place of flowing streams.

Deuteronomy 2:1

The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab

2:1 Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea ⁵  just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.

Deuteronomy 10:6

Conclusion of the Historical Resume

10:6 “During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan ⁶  to Moserah. ⁷  There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place.

Deuteronomy 1:7

1:7 Get up now, ⁸  resume your journey, heading for ⁹  the Amorite hill country, to all its areas ¹⁰  including the arid country, ¹¹  the highlands, the Shephelah, ¹²  the Negev, ¹³  and the coastal plain – all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.

Deuteronomy 1:19

1:19 Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 2:24

2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, ¹⁴  and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

[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.

[10:7]  ³ sn Gudgodah. This is probably the same as Haggidgad, which is also associated with Jotbathah (Num 33:33).

[10:7]  ⁴ sn Jotbathah. This place, whose Hebrew name can be translated “place of wadis,” is possibly modern Ain Tabah, just north of Eilat, or Tabah, 6.5 mi (11 km) south of Eilat on the west shore of the Gulf of Aqaba.

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “Reed Sea.” See note on the term “Red Sea” in Deut 1:40.

[10:6]  ⁷ sn Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan. This Hebrew name could be translated “the wells of Bene-Yaaqan” or “the wells of the sons of Yaaqan,” a site whose location cannot be determined (cf. Num 33:31-32; 1 Chr 1:42).

[10:6]  ⁸ sn Moserah. Since Aaron in other texts (Num 20:28; 33:38) is said to have died on Mount Hor, this must be the Arabah region in which Hor was located.

[1:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn”; NAB “Leave here”; NIV, TEV “Break camp.”

[1:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “go (to).”

[1:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “its dwelling places.”

[1:7]  ¹² tn Heb “the Arabah” (so ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[1:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “lowlands” (so TEV) or “steppes”; NIV, CEV, NLT “the western foothills.”

[1:7]  ¹⁴ 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.

[2:24]  ¹¹ sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.