Deuteronomy 2:3

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough,.... It was time to be gone from thence, as from Horeb, Deu 1:6,

turn you northward; from the southern border of Edom towards the land of Canaan, which…

Deu 2:1 seems to refer in general terms to the long years of wandering, the details of which were not for Moses’ present purpose. The command of Deu 2:2-3 relates to their journey from Kadesh to Mount…

Here is, I. A short account of the long stay of Israel in the wilderness: We compassed Mount Seir many days, Deu 2:1. Nearly thirty-eight years they wandered in the deserts of Seir; probably in some…

Ye have compassed this mountain long enough For the idiom see on Deu 1:6.

turn you northward Marching from Ḳadesh down the W. of Mt Se-îr, Israel had now reached not the sea, but probably the mouth of…