The Bronze Serpent

⁴ From Mount Hor ^(A)they set out by the way to the Red Sea, ^(B)to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.

⁸ So ^(A)we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from ^(B)the Arabah road from ^(C)Elath and ^(D)Ezion-geber.

“And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.

¹⁸ “Then they journeyed through the wilderness and ^(A)went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and ^(B)arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and ^(C)camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.