Numbers 20:22

Modern

After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.

Traditional

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

Literal

And the sons of Israel, all the congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

Latin

Cumque castra movissent de Cades, venerunt in montem Hor, qui est in finibus terræ Edom:

Hebrew

English

After they had set out from Kadesh, the whole congregation of Israel came to Mount Hor.

Israel did not take the shorter route through the southern area east of the Jordan River. That region was the main territory of Edom (20:21).
After they left Kadesh, the Hebrews came to Mount Hor. This mountain stood on the border of Edom. The exact location of Mount Hor is not known today. However, the Jewish historian Josephus, who wrote between AD 70 and AD 100, connected it with the region of Petra. He identified it with Jebel Haroun, which means “mountain of Aaron.”

Theme notes and profiles

Numbers 21:4
Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey
Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
Ezekiel 48:28
The southern border of Gad will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt and out to the Great Sea.
Ezekiel 47:19
On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, and along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This will be the southern boundary.
Numbers 34:7
Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
Numbers 20:16
…and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
Numbers 33:36–38
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
Numbers 13:26
…and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Kadesh: An important oasis in the Wilderness of Zin Mount Hor: Mountain where Aaron died and was buried