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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As for you, turn around now and go on back through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for you, turn, and journey into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But <i>as for</i> you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But <i>as for</i> you, turn and take your journey into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds).’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Now, turn around and go back into the desert by way of Red Sea Road. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Turn around, go back into the desert, and follow the road that goes to the Red Sea."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But as for you people, turn around and go back into the desert on the road to the Gulf of Aqaba.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for you, prepare to set out for the desert on the way to the Reed Sea.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Lake of Reeds."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but you, turn and journey for yourselves toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye, turn for yourselves, and journey toward the wilderness, the way of the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And you, turn for yourselves and remove to the desert the way of the sea of sedge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But return you and go into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But as for you, turn back and go out to the wilderness, by way of the Red Sea.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But as for yourselves: turn back and proceed into the wilderness on the Red Sea road. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for you, journey back into the wilderness, in the direction of the Red Sea.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But as for you, turn you and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you return and move to the wilderness to the way of the Sea of Reeds.’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=365" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/1.htm">Israel's Penalty</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">39</span>And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it. <span class="reftext">40</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">But you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: pə·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">are to turn back</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: ū·sə·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">and head</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: ham·miḏ·bā·rāh (Art:: N-ms:: 3fs) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">for the wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">along the route</a> <a href="/hebrew/5488.htm" title="5488: sūp̄ (N-ms) -- Reeds, rushes. Probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus.">to the Red</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: yam- (N-msc) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">Sea.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25</a></span><br />Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-32.htm">Numbers 14:32-35</a></span><br />As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. / Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. / In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/32-13.htm">Numbers 32:13</a></span><br />The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-6.htm">Joshua 5:6</a></span><br />For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Exodus 16:35</a></span><br />The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-29.htm">Numbers 14:29-30</a></span><br />Your bodies will fall in this wilderness—all who were numbered in the census, everyone twenty years of age or older—because you have grumbled against Me. / Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a></span><br />Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. / In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Numbers 21:4</a></span><br />Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-10.htm">Psalm 95:10-11</a></span><br />For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” / So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17-19</a></span><br />And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? / So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1-2</a></span><br />Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. / For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a></span><br />Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18</a></span><br />He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></span><br />For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25</a></b></br> (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/numbers/36-5.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Journeying</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Red</a> <a href="/numbers/21-4.htm">Route</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-7.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-31.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-13.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Direction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-3.htm">Journeying</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Red</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Route</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-44.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-3.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-1.htm">Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">briefly rehearsing the history of God's sending them from Horeb</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-14.htm">of giving them officers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-19.htm">of sending the spies to search the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">of his anger for their incredulity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-41.htm">and disobedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But you are to turn back</b><br>This directive comes after the Israelites' refusal to enter the Promised Land due to fear and lack of faith. God commands them to turn back, signifying a divine judgment and a consequence of their disobedience. This turning back is a physical and spiritual retreat, highlighting the importance of obedience to God's commands. It serves as a reminder of the consequences of unbelief, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Hebrews 3:19</a>, where unbelief prevents entry into God's rest.<p><b>and head for the wilderness</b><br>The wilderness represents a place of testing and purification. For the Israelites, it was a place where they would wander for 40 years, a year for each day the spies spent scouting the Promised Land (<a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a>). This period was meant to humble and test them, as stated in <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Deuteronomy 8:2</a>. The wilderness journey is symbolic of the Christian life, where believers are refined and learn dependence on God.<p><b>along the route to the Red Sea.</b><br>The Red Sea, or Yam Suph, is significant as the site of the miraculous crossing where God delivered the Israelites from Egyptian bondage (Exodus 14). This reference serves as a reminder of God's past deliverance and faithfulness, even as the Israelites face the consequences of their current disobedience. The route to the Red Sea symbolizes a return to the starting point of their journey, emphasizing the cyclical nature of disobedience and the need for repentance. The Red Sea crossing is also a type of baptism, representing the believer's passage from death to life through Christ (<a href="/1_corinthians/10.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is recounting God's instructions to the people after their refusal to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who were delivered from Egypt and are now wandering in the wilderness due to their disobedience.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites were to wander as a consequence of their lack of faith.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/red_sea.htm">Red Sea</a></b><br>The body of water that the Israelites crossed during the Exodus, symbolizing God's deliverance and power.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/k/kadesh-barnea.htm">Kadesh-barnea</a></b><br>The location where the Israelites initially refused to enter the Promised Land, leading to their punishment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God’s Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites' failure to obey God resulted in a significant detour in their journey. This teaches us the importance of trusting and obeying God's instructions, even when they seem challenging.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The decision to turn back to the wilderness was a direct result of the Israelites' lack of faith. Our choices have consequences, and disobedience can lead to missed opportunities and prolonged hardships.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_despite_human_failure.htm">God’s Faithfulness Despite Human Failure</a></b><br>Even in their disobedience, God did not abandon the Israelites. He continued to guide and provide for them. This reassures us of God's unwavering faithfulness, even when we falter.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faith.htm">The Importance of Faith</a></b><br>The Israelites' journey serves as a reminder that faith is crucial in our walk with God. Trusting in His promises and power is essential for spiritual growth and fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>Reflecting on the Israelites' experience encourages us to learn from past mistakes and to seek God's guidance in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_unbiblical_worship_practices.htm">What is the Wilderness of Sin in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_befriend_non-christians.htm">What evidence supports the historical occurrence of the Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_an_11-day_trip_take_40_years.htm">In Deuteronomy 1:2, how can an 11-day journey become a 40-year wander, and is there historical or logical support for such a timeline discrepancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_the_proof_of_israel's_exodus.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20 depicts God rescuing Israel from Egyptian slavery--where is the historical or archaeological proof for an event of such magnitude?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(40) <span class= "bld">But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way (in the direction) of the Red Sea.</span>--In <a href="/numbers/14-32.htm" title="But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness.">Numbers 14:32</a> the parallel sentence is, "As for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 40.</span> - The command to go to the mount of the Amorites (ver. 7) is recalled, and they are ordered to turn into the wilderness and go by the way leading to the Red Sea (setup. <a href="/numbers/14-25.htm">Numbers 14:25</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But you</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתֶּ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are to turn back</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn, to face, appear, look</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and head</span><br /><span class="heb">וּסְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·sə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the wilderness</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּדְבָּ֖רָה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miḏ·bā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along the route</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֥רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the Red</span><br /><span class="heb">סֽוּף׃</span> <span class="translit">(sūp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5488.htm">Strong's 5488: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reed, the papyrus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sea.”</span><br /><span class="heb">יַם־</span> <span class="translit">(yam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 1:40 But as for you turn you (Deut. 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