Deuteronomy 2:1
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.”Deuteronomy 2:1
What Does Deuteronomy 2:1 Mean?
Deuteronomy 2:1 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 2, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 9 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Wilderness, and Guidance.
Cross-References (9)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 2:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Numbers 21:4“And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.”Deuteronomy 1:40“But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”Numbers 14:25“(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.”Judges 11:18“Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.”Deuteronomy 1:2“(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)”Genesis 33:14“Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.”Numbers 20:17“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.”Joshua 11:17“Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.”Joshua 12:7“And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;”
People & Places
GodMount SeirRed Sea
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