Numbers 21:4

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They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient along the way.

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  • Exod 6:9 : 9 Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh slavery.
  • Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
  • Num 33:41 : 41 They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
  • Deut 1:40 : 40 But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.
  • Deut 2:5-8 : 5 Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.' 6 You are to purchase food from them with silver and eat it, and buy water from them with silver and drink it. 7 The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing. 8 So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and we turned from the road through the Arabah, bypassing Elath and Ezion-geber. Then we moved on and journeyed along the wilderness road of Moab.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 So that no one would be unsettled by these troubles. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know.
  • Num 14:25 : 25 The Amalekites and Canaanites are dwelling in the valley. Tomorrow, turn around and set out toward the wilderness along the way of the Red Sea.
  • Num 20:18-23 : 18 But Edom answered, "You shall not pass through my land, or I will come out against you with the sword." 19 The Israelites replied, "We will travel along the highway, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only ask to pass through on foot." 20 But Edom insisted, "You may not pass through." And Edom came out against them with a large, strong force. 21 Since Edom refused to let Israel pass through its territory, Israel turned away from them. 22 The Israelites, the entire community, set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. 23 At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
  • Num 20:27 : 27 Moses did as the LORD commanded. They climbed Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community.
  • Num 32:7 : 7 Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?
  • Num 32:9 : 9 They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

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  • Num 21:5
    79%

    5The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

  • Deut 2:1
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    1Then we turned and set out toward the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and we traveled around Mount Seir for many days.

  • Num 20:20-23
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    20But Edom insisted, "You may not pass through." And Edom came out against them with a large, strong force.

    21Since Edom refused to let Israel pass through its territory, Israel turned away from them.

    22The Israelites, the entire community, set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

    23At Mount Hor, near the border of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Deut 1:40
    76%

    40But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.

  • Deut 1:1-2
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    1These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan, in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

    2It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Deut 1:19
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    19Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Judg 11:16-18
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    16For when they came up from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and arrived at Kadesh.

    17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

  • Num 33:37
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    37They departed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.

  • Num 32:7-9
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    7Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

    8This is what your ancestors did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land.

    9They went up to the Valley of Eshcol, saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from entering the land that the Lord had given them.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8-9
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    8Jehoram asked, "Which route shall we take?" And Jehoshaphat answered, "Through the wilderness of Edom."

    9So the king of Israel set out, along with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After traveling a roundabout route for seven days, there was no water for the army or the animals with them.

  • Num 33:10-11
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    10They journeyed from Elim and camped by the Sea of Reeds.

    11They departed from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the Wilderness of Sin.

  • Deut 2:8
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    8So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and we turned from the road through the Arabah, bypassing Elath and Ezion-geber. Then we moved on and journeyed along the wilderness road of Moab.

  • Deut 1:27
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    27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

  • Num 20:3-4
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    3The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • Exod 13:17-18
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    17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the country of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, 'If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.'

    18So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.

  • Exod 14:11
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    11They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

  • Exod 16:1-3
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    1The Israelites set out from Elim and came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt.

    2The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

  • Exod 13:20
    72%

    20After leaving Succoth, they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.

  • Exod 17:1
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    1Then the entire assembly of the children of Israel set out from the Wilderness of Sin, traveling from one place to another as directed by the LORD. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Num 20:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through any field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well. We will travel along the King's Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.

    18But Edom answered, "You shall not pass through my land, or I will come out against you with the sword."

  • Num 11:35
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    35From Kibroth Hattaavah, the people journeyed to Hazeroth and stayed there.

  • Exod 15:22
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    22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Desert of Shur. They traveled for three days in the desert without finding water.

  • Exod 17:3
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    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

  • Num 14:2
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    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

  • Ps 78:40
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    40How often they provoked Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the wasteland!

  • Num 20:14
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    14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardship that has come upon us.

  • Ps 107:5
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    5Hungry and thirsty, their souls grew faint within them.

  • Num 14:25
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    25The Amalekites and Canaanites are dwelling in the valley. Tomorrow, turn around and set out toward the wilderness along the way of the Red Sea.

  • Num 33:8
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    8They journeyed from Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness. They traveled three days' journey in the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

  • Num 33:41
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    41They set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22You continued to provoke the LORD to anger at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

  • Heb 3:17
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    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Jer 2:6
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    6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

  • Deut 2:14
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    14The time we traveled from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.