Deuteronomy 2:13

13 So [now] arise and cross over the wadi of Zered yourselves; and [so] we crossed the wadi of Zered.

Deuteronomy 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:13

Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered
It is called the valley of Zered, ( Numbers 21:12 ) , the word used signifying both a valley and a brook; and it is very probable there were both a valley and a brook of the same name; it must be near Dibongad, since in one place it is said the Israelites came from Ijim and pitched in Zered; and in another place that they came from thence, and pitched in Dibongad, ( Numbers 21:11 Numbers 21:12 ) and Nu 33:45

and we went over the brook Zered;
which was fordable, or perhaps at this time dried up.

Deuteronomy 2:13 In-Context

11 They were reckoned also [as] Rephaim as the Anakites [were]; but the Moabites called them Emim.

12 The Horites previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them {from among themselves}, as Israel did with respect to the land of their possession that Yahweh gave to them.)

13 So [now] arise and cross over the wadi of Zered yourselves; and [so] we crossed the wadi of Zered.

14 Now the {length of time} that we had traveled from Kadesh Barnea until [the time when] we crossed the wadi of Zered [was] thirty-eight years, until the perishing of all of that generation; [that is], the men of war from the midst of the camp as Yahweh had sworn to them.

15 The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.

Footnotes

• [a]. A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
• [b]. A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season