The Zered Brook marked the end of Israel's 38 years of wilderness wanderings until they crossed it to enter Moab .
Also known as Zared
The Zered Brook (also called the Valley of Zered or the Brook of Zered) was a significant geographical marker in Israel's journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. After wandering in the wilderness for 38 years, the Lord told the Israelites to cross the Zered Brook, signifying the end of the wilderness wanderings for that generation (Dt.2:13-14). The crossing of the Zered marked the beginning of the conquest of the lands east of the Jordan. The Zered Brook flowed into the southeastern end of the Dead Sea, forming the boundary between Edom to the south and Moab to the north. It is probably to be identified with the modern Wadi al-Hasa.
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=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity (Num. 21:12; Deut. 2:14). It is called the “brook of the willows” (Isa. 15:7) and the “river of the wilderness” (Amos 6:14). It has been identified with the Wady el-Aksy.
(osier brook), (2:13,14) or Za’red, (Numbers 21:12) a brook or valley running into the Dead Sea near its southeast corner, which Dr. Robinson with some probability suggests as identical with the Wady el-Ahsy . It lay between Moab and Edom and is the limit of the proper term of the Israelites’ wandering. (2:14)
ZE'RED (exuberant growth - i.e., of trees), VALLEY or BROOK OF, a valley separating Moab from Edora. Deut 2:13-14; called "Zared" in Num 21:12. Robinson identified it with Wady el-Aksi; others, including Tristram, propose Wady Sidiyeh or the Seil Gharabi, a branch of the Sediyeh, down which runs a fine stream that empties into the south-eastern corner of the Dead Sea. This wady most likely constituted the boundary between Moab and Edom, as it is now the recognized boundary between Kerak and Petra.
ZE'RED (exuberant growth - i.e., of trees), VALLEY or BROOK OF, a valley separating Moab from Edora. Deut 2:13-14; called "Zared" in Num 21:12. Robinson identified it with Wady el-Aksi; others, including Tristram, propose Wady Sidiyeh or the Seil Gharabi, a branch of the Sediyeh, down which runs a fine stream that empties into the south-eastern corner of the Dead Sea. This wady most likely constituted the boundary between Moab and Edom, as it is now the recognized boundary between Kerak and Petra.
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3 verses in 2 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2218
From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.
The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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