At that time I said to you, “You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. The Lord your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky.
Deuteronomy 1:9-10
Deuteronomy 1:6 NIV84
The Lord our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain.
It is evident that the period referred to in verse I relates itself to the forty-year period of wilderness wanderings.
Deuteronomy 2:2–4 NIV84
Then the Lord said to me, “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north. Give the people these orders: ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, but be very careful.
Old wounds must be left to heal, and Israel is to do this by keeping her distance. The Israelites were commanded to treat the Edomites with respect and not to meddle in their affairs.
