Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 1:2 
Context1:2 Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey 1 from Horeb 2 to Kadesh Barnea 3 by way of Mount Seir. 4
Deuteronomy 1:24
Context1:24 They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, 5 which they scouted out.
Deuteronomy 11:11
Context11:11 Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy 6 is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, 7
Deuteronomy 14:10
Context14:10 but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you.
Deuteronomy 27:17
Context27:17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
1 sn An eleven-day journey was about 140 mi (233 km).
2 sn Horeb is another name for Sinai. “Horeb” occurs 9 times in the Book of Deuteronomy and “Sinai” only once (33:2). “Sinai” occurs 13 times in the Book of Exodus and “Horeb” only 3 times.
3 sn Kadesh Barnea. Possibly this refers to àAin Qudeis, about 50 mi (80 km) southwest of Beer Sheba, but more likely to àAin Qudeirat, 5 mi (8 km) NW of àAin Qudeis. See R. Cohen, “Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea?” BAR 7 (1981): 20-33.
4 sn Mount Seir is synonymous with Edom. “By way of Mount Seir” refers to the route from Horeb that ended up in Edom Cf. CEV “by way of the Mount Seir Road”; TEV “by way of the hill country of Edom.”
5 tn Or “the Wadi Eshcol” (so NAB).
sn The Eshcol Valley is a verdant valley near Hebron, still famous for its viticulture (cf. Num 13:22-23). The Hebrew name “Eshcol” means “trestle,” that is, the frame on which grape vines grow.
6 tn Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”
7 tn Heb “rain of heaven.”
