Deuteronomy 2:3

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

““You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north”

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BSBPD

““You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Enough to you--is the going round of this mount; turn for yourselves northward.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 2:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 9:22Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
  2. Deuteronomy 1:6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:7Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
  4. Deuteronomy 2:14The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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