21:4 Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, 1 to go around the land of Edom, but the people 2 became impatient along the way.
1 tn The “Red Sea” is the general designation for the bodies of water on either side of the Sinai peninsula, even though they are technically gulfs from the Red Sea.
2 tn Heb “the soul of the people,” expressing the innermost being of the people as they became frustrated.
3 tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”