Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
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Interpretation
Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in commandment. Horeb was but eleven days distant from Kadesh-barnea.
Glossary
- Arabah Place
- A name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David’s warriors ( 2 Sam. 23:31 ; 1 Chr. 11:32 ), probably as being an inhabitant of Arabah ( Josh. 15:61 ), a town in the wilderness of Judah.
- Amorites People
- Highlanders, or hillmen, the name given to the descendants of one of the sons of Canaan ( Gen. 14:7 ), called Amurra or Amurri in the Assyrian and Egyptian inscriptions.
- Canaan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Canaan.
- Euphrates Place
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Euphrates River.
- Lebanon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Jezzine.
- Negeb Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Beer Sheva.
- Shephelah Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Shephelah.