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Cross the Zered Brook.’ So we crossed the brook.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />‘Now rise up and go over the brook Zered.’ So we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.” So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now rise up, <i>said I</i>, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“ ‘Now rise and cross over the Valley of the Zered.’ So we crossed over the Valley of the Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Now arise and cross over the Wadi Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the Wadi Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.&#8217 So we crossed over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.’ So we crossed over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Now arise and cross the valley of the Zered.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD said, ‘Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.’ So we crossed the Zered Valley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, &#8216Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.&#8217 So we crossed the Zered Valley.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When we came to the Zered Gorge along the southern border of Moab, the LORD told us to cross the gorge into Moab, and we did. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, "Now cross the Zered River." So we crossed the Zered River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Then we crossed the Zered River as the LORD told us to do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now get going and cross the Wadi Zered.' And so we crossed the Wadi Zered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.? So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered." So we did so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Now rise up, and cross over the Wadi Zered." So we went over the Wadi Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now rise, said I, and pass over the brook Zered: and we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Now rise up and cross over the brook Zered.” We went over the brook Zered. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Now rise and pass over the Brook of Zered for yourselves; and we pass over the Brook of Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> now, rise ye, and pass over for yourselves the brook Zered; and we pass over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Now rise up and pass over for yourselves the valley Zered; and we shall pass through the torrent Zered.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then rising up to pass the torrent Zared, we came to it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then, rising up so as to cross over the torrent Zered, we arrived at the place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now get ready to cross the Wadi Zered. So we crossed the Wadi Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Now then, proceed to cross over the Wadi Zered.” So we crossed over the Wadi Zered.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now rise up and go over the brook Zered. So we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Therefore arise, cross the Torrent of Zarad”; and we crossed the Torrent of Zarad.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered.' And we went over the brook Zered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Now then, arise ye, <i>said I</i>, and depart, and cross the valley of Zaret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=548" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/2.htm">Wanderings in the Wilderness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.) <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">“Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qu·mū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">arise</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: wə·‘iḇ·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">and cross over</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">the Brook</a> <a href="/hebrew/2218.htm" title="2218: zā·reḏ (N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be exuberant in growth; lined with shrubbery; Zered, a brook East of the Dead Sea.">of Zered.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5674.htm" title="5674: wan·na·‘ă·ḇōr (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cp) -- To pass over, through, or by, pass on. A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition; specifically, to cover.">So we crossed over</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">the Brook</a> <a href="/hebrew/2218.htm" title="2218: zā·reḏ (N-proper-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to be exuberant in growth; lined with shrubbery; Zered, a brook East of the Dead Sea.">of Zered.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Numbers 21:12-13</a></span><br />From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered. / From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends into the Amorite territory. Now the Arnon is the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-14.htm">Numbers 20:14-21</a></span><br />From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, / how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, / and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/11-17.htm">Judges 11:17-18</a></span><br />Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh. / Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/1-40.htm">Deuteronomy 1:40</a></span><br />But you are to turn back and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Deuteronomy 2:24</a></span><br />“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">Deuteronomy 2:9</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Deuteronomy 2:18-19</a></span><br />“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar. / But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-1.htm">Deuteronomy 3:1</a></span><br />Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/2-10.htm">Joshua 2:10</a></span><br />For we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/24-8.htm">Joshua 24:8</a></span><br />Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/136-16.htm">Psalm 136:16</a></span><br />He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Nehemiah 9:21</a></span><br />For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a></span><br />He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18</a></span><br />He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17</a></span><br />And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.</p><p class="hdg">brook.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-23.htm">Numbers 13:23</a></b></br> And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and <i>they brought</i> of the pomegranates, and of the figs.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Numbers 21:12</a></b></br> From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.</p><p class="hdg">Zared </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/23-18.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/numbers/34-5.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/numbers/35-10.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/genesis/32-31.htm">Crossed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">Now</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-8.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/numbers/34-5.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/numbers/34-5.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-24.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-4.htm">Yourselves</a> <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm">Zered</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-18.htm">Cross</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Crossed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-12.htm">Now</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-4.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/joshua/15-47.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Yourselves</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Zered</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-1.htm">The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm">nor with the Moabites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-16.htm">nor with the Ammonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/2-24.htm">but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now arise and cross over the Brook of Zered.</b><br>This command from God to the Israelites marks a significant transition in their journey. The phrase "Now arise" indicates a divine directive to take action, suggesting a shift from a period of waiting or preparation to one of movement and obedience. The Brook of Zered is a geographical marker that signifies the boundary between the wilderness wanderings and the approach to the Promised Land. This brook is located in the southeastern part of the Dead Sea, and crossing it symbolizes leaving behind the old generation that perished in the wilderness due to disobedience. The command to "cross over" echoes earlier instructions given to the patriarchs, such as Abraham's call to leave his homeland, and foreshadows the later crossing of the Jordan River into Canaan. This crossing is a type of baptism, representing a transition from death to life, and prefigures the believer's journey from sin to salvation through Christ.<p><b>So we crossed over the Brook of Zered.</b><br>The Israelites' obedience to God's command is emphasized in this phrase. The act of crossing over the Brook of Zered is a physical demonstration of their faith and readiness to enter into the promises of God. This moment is a fulfillment of God's promise to lead them to a land flowing with milk and honey, and it marks the end of the 38 years of wandering in the desert. The crossing signifies a new beginning for the nation of Israel, as they prepare to face new challenges and conquests in the land of Canaan. This event is reminiscent of other significant crossings in the Bible, such as the crossing of the Red Sea, which was a deliverance from slavery, and the crossing of the Jordan River, which was an entrance into inheritance. Each crossing is a testament to God's faithfulness and power to deliver His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is recounting the journey of the Israelites through the wilderness as commanded by God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who are journeying from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/brook_zered.htm">Brook Zered</a></b><br>A significant geographical landmark that the Israelites crossed, marking a transition in their journey.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_journey.htm">Wilderness Journey</a></b><br>The period of 40 years during which the Israelites wandered in the desert before entering the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_command.htm">God's Command</a></b><br>The directive from God to move forward in their journey, signifying obedience and trust in His plan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites' crossing of the Brook Zered demonstrates their obedience to God's command. In our lives, we are called to listen and act upon God's instructions, trusting in His guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/transition_and_new_beginnings.htm">Transition and New Beginnings</a></b><br>Crossing the Brook Zered marked a new phase in the Israelites' journey. Similarly, God often calls us to step into new seasons, leaving behind the past and embracing His future plans for us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>The Israelites had to wait for God's timing to move forward. We are reminded to be patient and trust in God's perfect timing for the transitions in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_milestones.htm">Significance of Milestones</a></b><br>The crossing of the Brook Zered was a milestone in the Israelites' journey. Recognizing and celebrating milestones in our spiritual journey can encourage us and strengthen our faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_snitching.htm">What fate befell the giants in ancient times?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tourette's.htm">What does the Bible say about tribalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_gal._3_13_remove_deut._21_23's_curse.htm">Why does Galatians 3:13 claim the curse is removed by Christ, when Deuteronomy 21:23 still applies the curse to anyone hanged on a tree?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_5_13_with_anti-polygamy.htm">How should we address the seeming inconsistency between 2 Samuel 5:13, which mentions David taking more wives and concubines, and other biblical texts condemning polygamy?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Now rise up, said I.</span>--A continuation of the order in <a href="/deuteronomy/2-9.htm" title="And the LORD said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.">Deuteronomy 2:9</a>. The words "said I" are not needed.<p><span class= "bld">The brook Zered</span> is not yet identified. (See <a href="/numbers/21-12.htm" title="From there they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.">Numbers 21:12</a>.) Several streams run into the Dead Sea on its eastern side south of Arnon; Zered is possibly one of these. Or it may be a tributary of Arnon, which has one large tributary running from south to north.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-15.</span> - Ver. 13 connects with ver. 9, the intermediate verses being a parenthesis, introduced for the purpose of reminding the Israelites that the Edomites and Moabites had received their territory by gift from God, the earlier inhabitants having been cast out by him that they might take their lands (see vers. 21-23). There is no need, therefore, for the insertion "I said," in ver. 13; the words are those of Jehovah, not of Moses. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The brook Zered</span>; either the stream of the Wady cf. Ahsy (Robinson, 2:157; Ritter, 3:78), or that of the Wady Kerab (Keil, Kurz, etc.); see <a href="/numbers/21-11.htm">Numbers 21:11</a>, and Smith's 'Dictionary.' 3:1842. This brook formed the boundary line between Edom and Moab, and was the limit of Israel's wanderings in the wilderness. They crossed it thirty-eight years after the doom had been pronounced upon them at Kadesh, and during that period the entire generation of those who had rebelled had died out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">עַתָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arise</span><br /><span class="heb">קֻ֛מוּ</span> <span class="translit">(qu·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and cross over</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעִבְר֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘iḇ·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Brook</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֣חַל</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Zered.”</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֑רֶד</span> <span class="translit">(zā·reḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2218.htm">Strong's 2218: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zered -- a wadi East of the Dead Sea</span><br /><br /><span class="word">So we crossed over</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(wan·na·‘ă·ḇōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5674.htm">Strong's 5674: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pass over, through, or by, pass on</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Brook</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֥חַל</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Zered.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָֽרֶד׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·reḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2218.htm">Strong's 2218: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zered -- a wadi East of the Dead Sea</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">Deuteronomy 2:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/2-13.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 2:13 Now rise up and get you over (Deut. 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