4Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the 21:4 Lit Sea of ReedsRed Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the 21:4 Lit soul of the people was shortpeople became impatient because of the journey.
4Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the [branch of the] Red Sea [called the Gulf of Aqabah], to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient, because [of the challenges] of the journey.
4Then they set out from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds in order to bypass the land of Edom. But the people grew impatient on the journey