King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:3 in the King James Version says “Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.”
Deuteronomy 2:3 · KJV
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth ; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. no: Heb. even to the treading of the sole of the foot
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Ye have compassed”
H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“you northward”
H6828properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)
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