Keluaran 23:31
Konteks23:31 I will set 1 your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, 2 for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Bilangan 21:4
Konteks21:4 Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, 3 to go around the land of Edom, but the people 4 became impatient along the way.
Bilangan 21:1
Konteks21:1 5 When the Canaanite king of Arad 6 who lived in the Negev 7 heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.
1 Raja-raja 9:26
Konteks9:26 King Solomon also built ships 8 in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.
[23:31] 1 tn The form is a perfect tense with vav consecutive.
[23:31] 2 tn In the Hebrew Bible “the River” usually refers to the Euphrates (cf. NASB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT). There is some thought that it refers to a river Nahr el Kebir between Lebanon and Syria. See further W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:447; and G. W. Buchanan, The Consequences of the Covenant (NovTSup), 91-100.
[21:4] 3 tn The “Red Sea” is the general designation for the bodies of water on either side of the Sinai peninsula, even though they are technically gulfs from the Red Sea.
[21:4] 4 tn Heb “the soul of the people,” expressing the innermost being of the people as they became frustrated.
[21:1] 5 sn This chapter has several events in it: the victory over Arad (vv. 1-3), the plague of serpents (vv. 4-9), the approach to Moab (vv. 10-20), and the victory over Sihon and Og (vv. 21-35). For information, see D. M. Gunn, “The ‘Battle Report’: Oral or Scribal Convention.” JBL 93 (1974): 513-18; and of the extensive literature on the archaeological site, see EAEHL 1:74-89.
[21:1] 6 sn The name Arad probably refers to a place a number of miles away from Tel Arad in southern Israel. The name could also refer to the whole region (like Edom).
[21:1] 7 tn Or “the south”; “Negev” has become a technical name for the southern desert region and is still in use in modern times.
[9:26] 8 tn Or “a fleet” (in which case “ships” would be implied).