KJV King James Version
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
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Deuteronomy 1:19
And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,
WEB World English Bible
We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.
ASV American Standard Version
And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And we journey from Horeb, and go through all that great and fearful wilderness which ye have seen—the way of the hill-country of the Amorite, as Jehovah our God hath commanded us, and we come in unto Kadesh-Barnea.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 1
16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up [and] possess [it], as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
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וַנִּסַּ֣עH5265 · na.sato set outמֵחֹרֵ֗בH2722 · cho.revHorebוַנֵּ֡לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֵ֣תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallהַמִּדְבָּ֣רH4057 · mid.barmouthהַגָּדוֹל֩H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוְהַנּוֹרָ֨אH3372 · ya.reto fearהַה֜וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichרְאִיתֶ֗םH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeדֶּ֚רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductהַ֣רH2022 · harmountain: mountהָֽאֱמֹרִ֔יH567 · e.mo.riAmoriteכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֛הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּH430 · e.lo.himGodאֹתָ֑נוּH853 · et[Obj.]וַנָּבֹ֕אH935 · boto come (in): comeעַ֖דH5704 · adtillקָדֵ֥שׁH6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barneaבַּרְנֵֽעַ׃H6947 · qa.desh bar.ne.aKadesh-barnea
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:2([There are] eleven days’ [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)Deuteronomy 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, [wherein were] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where [there was] no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;Jeremiah 2:6Neither said they, Where [is] the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.Numbers 10:12And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
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