II.
(1) Then. — In the original simply “And.” There is no note of time.
By the way of the Red sea. — i.e., in the direction of the Gulf of Akabah, southwards.
As the Lord spake unto me. — In Numbers 14:25, as noted on Deuteronomy 1:40.
Many days. — Until near the close of the thirty-ninth year of the exodus.