Deuteronomy 2:3
"You've walked around this mountain long enough. Turn northward
Deuteronomy 1:6
"The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb. He said, "You have been at this mountain long enough.
Deuteronomy 2:7
Indeed, the LORD your God blessed all the works of your hands. He knows about your travels through this vast desert. The LORD your God was with you these past 40 years, so that you didn't lack anything.
Deuteronomy 2:14
Now from the time we left Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Wadi Zered was 38 years. All of that generation, the soldiers in the camp, were destroyed just as the LORD swore they would be.