The wilderness of Paran, says Dr. Wells, seems to have been taken in a larger, and in a stricter sense. In the larger sense, it seems to have denoted all the desert and mountainous tract, lying between the wilderness of Shur westward, and mount Seir, or the land of Edom, eastward, the land of Canaan northward, and the Red sea southward. And in this sense, it seems to have comprehended the wilderness of Sin, and the wilderness of Sinai, also the adjoining tract wherein lay Kibroth-hattaavah and Hazeroth. In this sense it may be understood in "And when we departedª° from Horeb,ª¹ we went through²°¹¹ all¹ that¹ greatª and terribleª° wilderness,ª which¹ ye sawª° by the wayª of the mountainª of the Amorites,ª as¹ the LORDª our Godª commandedª° us; and we cameª° to¹ Kadeshbarnea.ª" {Deu 1:19}, where, by "that great and terrible wilderness," is intended the wilderness of Paran in its largest acceptation; for, in its stricter acceptation, it seems not to have been so great and terrible a wilderness; but is taken to denote more peculiarly that part of Arabia Petrea which lies between mount Sinai and Hazeroth west, and mount Seir east. "And afterwardª the peopleª removedª° from Hazeroth,ª¹ and pitchedª° in the wildernessª of Paran.ª" {Num 12:16} + "Thus¹ didª° your fathers,ª when I sentª° them from Kadeshbarneaª¹ to seeª°¹ the land.ª" {Num 32:8} + "And when we departedª° from Horeb,ª¹ we went through²°¹¹ all¹ that¹ greatª and terribleª° wilderness,ª which¹ ye sawª° by the wayª of the mountainª of the Amorites,ª as¹ the LORDª our Godª commandedª° us; and we cameª° to¹ Kadeshbarnea.ª" {Deu 1:19} + "And the sayingª pleased me well:ªª° and I tookª° twelveªª men²¹ of¹ you, oneª of a tribe:ª²" {Deu 1:23} + "Likewise when the LORDª sentª° you from Kadeshbarnea,ª¹ saying,ª° Go upª° and possessª°¹ the landª which¹ I have givenª° you; then ye rebelled²° against¹¹ the commandmentª of the LORDª your God,ª and ye believedª° him not,¹ nor¹ hearkenedª° to his voice.ª" {Deu 9:23}