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Selected Verse: Numbers 21:12 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 21:12 |
King James |
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| pitched in the valley--literally, the "woody brook-valley" of Zared (Deu 2:13; Isa 15:7; Amo 6:14). This torrent rises among the mountains to the east of Moab, and flowing west, empties itself into the Dead Sea. Ije-Abarim is supposed to have been its ford [CALMET]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The valley of Zared - Rather, the brook or watercourse of Zared "the willow." It is probably the present Wady Ain Franjy. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The valley of Zared - Or rather, by the brook of Zared, which ran into the dead sea. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They - pitched in the valley of Zared - נחל זרד nachal zared. This should be translated the brook Zared, as it is in Deu 2:13, Deu 2:14. This stream has its origin in the mountains eastward of Moab, and runs from east to west, and discharges itself into the Dead Sea. |
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
14 And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.