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^[a] 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, as the Lord had told me, and we traveled around the hill country of Seir for many days.