Verse 25
25. Amalekites See Numbers 13:29. Canaanites In the wide meaning of the term, including all the inhabitants of Canaan exclusive of the Amorites dwelling in the southern mountains. Deuteronomy 1:44. See Numbers 13:29, note, for the narrow meaning. The valley is identified by Keil with the broad Wady Marreh, including a portion of the Negeb, in which the Amalekites roamed, while the Canaanites really dwelt upon the mountains (Numbers 14:45) close up to this wady. The statement relative to this valley supplies the reason for the following command. To advance into this valley would be to enter Canaan, from which they have been by solemn oath excluded.
Turn you The probation of adult Israel, so far as Canaan is concerned, is ended. From this hour their corpses must be sown in the wilderness to which they are now remanded.
By the way of the Red sea We find in the itinerary of Israel (Numbers 33:35) that Ezion-gaber was one of the stations, and in Deuteronomy 2:8, Elath is named with this place. They were situated near together at the head of the gulf of Akabah, the eastern arm of the Red sea. Here ends this communication to Moses. Numbers 14:26 begins the formal sentence of exclusion from Canaan. See Introductory Remarks.
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