# General Information:

Moses continues reminding the people of Israel what the previous generation of Israelites did.

# Then we turned and took our journey

"Then we turned around and went"

# we went around Mount Seir for many days

Possible meanings are 1) the Israelites traveled around the mountain called Seir for a very long time or 2) the Israelites wandered in a region called Mount Seir for a very long time.

# Mount Seir

This is a mountainous area south of the Dead Sea. The area is also called "Edom." See how you translated this in [Deuteronomy 1:2](../01/02.md) (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# many days

Some languages translate this as "many nights."