Deuteronomy 2:13

13 "[The Lord said,] 'Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.' So we crossed the Zered Valley.^[a]

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 also regarded as Rephaim, like the Anakim, though the Moabites called them Emim.

12 The Horites had previously lived in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out, destroying them completely and settling in their place, just as Israel did in the land of its possession the Lord gave them.

13 "[The Lord said,] 'Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.' So we crossed the Zered Valley.

14 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was 38 years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.

15 Indeed, the Lord's hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished.

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 21:10-20