July 17th, 2017

TWO MOUNT SEIRS
​        It is clear in the Bible that Seir was in two different locations! Deuteronomy 2:1, speaking of Israel says, “we compassed mount Seir many days”; at that time Israel was going around in circles waiting for her forty years to be up. The word “compassed” in this verse is the same word used where Joshua is said to have “compassed” the walls of Jericho seven days. But when Israel’s time was finished at Mount Seir, she was given new orders. “Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward” (Deuteronomy 2:3). The Israelites were done encircling “mount Seir” and now headed north toward the Promised Land. Then the next verse says, “And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir (verse 4). But for several years they had already been at “mount Seir” (verse 1) and now they are going to another Seir, which is also called “mount Seir” (verse 5)