 The Israelites remained at Kadesh a long time, marched back into the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds, and then skirted the hill country of Seir a long time.The fourth reading (, "aliyah") ends here, with the end of the first closed portion (, "setumah").In the fifth reading (, "aliyah"), God then told Moses that they had been skirting that hill country long enough and should now turn north.