Num 21:4 | NETfull | STEP | Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way.

Numbers 21:4

Fiery Serpents

4 Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, ^{▼▼ 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.} to go around the land of Edom, but the people ^{▼▼ Heb “the soul of the people,” expressing the innermost being of the people as they became frustrated.} became impatient along the way.