Verse 20
Libnah - The situation of this place is uncertain. A city of this name is mentioned [Jos 10:29], as situated between Kadesh-barnea and Gaza.
Stat. 17.
Verse 21
Bissah - A place mentioned nowhere else in the sacred writings. Its situation utterly uncertain.
Stat. 18.
Verse 22
Kehelathah - Utterly unknown; though some conjecture that it might have been the place called Keilah, [1Sam 23:1], etc., but this is unlikely.
Stat. 19.
Verse 23
Shapher - Where this mountain lay cannot be determined.
Stat. 20.
Verse 24
Haradah - Unknown, Calmet supposes that it may be the place called Bered, [Gen 16:14], which was in the vicinity of Kadesh.
Stat. 21.
Verse 25
Makheloth - A name found nowhere else in Scripture.
Stat. 22.
Verse 26
Tahath - Unknown.
Stat. 23.
Verse 27
Tarah - Also unknown.
Stat. 24.
Verse 28
Mithcah - Calmet conjectures that this may be Mocha, a city in Arabia Petraea.
Stat. 25.
Verse 29
Hashmonah - Supposed by some to be the same as Azmon, [Num 34:4].
Stat. 26.
Verse 30
Moseroth - Situation unknown. In [Deu 10:6] it is said that the Israelites took their journey from Beeroth, the wells of the children of Jaakan, to Mosera, and there Aaron died. If so, Mosera, Moseroth, and Hor, must be different names of the same place; or Moseroth, or Mosera, must have been some town or village near Mount Hor, for there Aaron died. See [Num 33:38].
Stat. 27.
Verse 31
Bene-jaakan - Unknown. The sons of Jaakan. See the preceding verse, [Num 33:30] (note).
Stat. 28.
Verse 32
Hor-hagidgad - The hole or pit of Gidgad. Unknown. It was a place perhaps remarkable for some vast pit or cavern, from which it took its name.
Stat. 29.
Verse 33
Jotrathah - Situation unknown. It is said in [Deu 10:7] to be a land of rivers of waters.
Stat. 30.
Verse 34
Ebronah - Nowhere else mentioned. Stat. 31.