The command to go to the mount of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 1:7) is recalled, and they are ordered to turn into the wilderness and go by the way leading to the Red Sea (setup. Numbers 14:25).
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Deuteronomy 1:40
The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 1:40
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