²¹ While he was living in the Desert of Paran,^(A) his mother got a wife for him^(B) from Egypt.

¹² Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran.^(A)

¹⁶ After that, the people left Hazeroth^(A) and encamped in the Desert of Paran.^(B)

³ So at the Lord’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of Paran. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.^(A)

Report on the Exploration

²⁶ They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh^(A) in the Desert of Paran.^(B) There they reported to them^(C) and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.^(D)

The Command to Leave Horeb

1 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the wilderness east of the Jordan^(A)—that is, in the Arabah^(B)—opposite Suph, between Paran^(C) and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.