Deuteronomy 2:13

13 And the Lord said to me, "Now get up and cross the Zered Valley." So we crossed the valley.

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 The Emites were thought to be Rephaites, like the Anakites, but the Moabite people called them Emites.

12 The Horites also lived in Edom before, but the descendants of Esau forced them out and destroyed them, taking their place as Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their own.)

13 And the Lord said to me, "Now get up and cross the Zered Valley." So we crossed the valley.

14 It had been thirty-eight years from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, all the fighting men from that time had died, as the Lord had promised would happen.

15 The Lord continued to work against them to remove them from the camp until they were all dead.