The Bronze Snake

⁴ Then they set out from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom, but the people became impatient because of the journey.

⁴⁰ But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.”^(A)

Journey past Seir

2 ‘Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea,^(A) as the Lord had told me, and we travelled round the hill country of Seir for many days.