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Place · Mountain

Mount Seir

Also known as Seir

Named in 10 verses across 4 books, first in Deuteronomy 1:2.

Where

Coordinates

30.7347° N, 35.6063° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Dataset notes

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

Other records for this place

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

All 3 verses in Deuteronomy, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Deuteronomy 1:2
It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
Deuteronomy 2:1
Then we turned back and headed for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea, as the LORD had instructed me, and for many days we wandered around Mount Seir.
Deuteronomy 2:5
Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.