God’s Word Translation
Numbers 21:12
12From there they moved and set up camp at the Zered River.
Numbers 21:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
- New International Version (NIV)From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.
- New King James Version (NKJV)From there they moved and camped in the Valley of Zered.
Context of Numbers 21:12
10The Israelites moved and set up camp at Oboth. 11Next they moved from Oboth and set up camp at Iye Abarim in the desert west of Moab. From there they moved and set up camp at the Zered River. 13They moved from there and set up camp on the other side of the Arnon Valley in the desert that extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon Valley is the border between Moab and the Amorites.) 14This is how it’s described in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: “… Waheb in Suphah and the valleys,
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מִשָּׁ֖ם נָסָ֑עוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּנַ֥חַל זָֽרֶד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 21:12
Commentaries on Numbers 21:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They - pitched in the valley of Zared - זרד נחל nachal zared . This should be translated the brook Zared, as it is in Deuteronomy 2:13, Deuteronomy 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The valley of Zared - Rather, the brook or watercourse of Zared “the willow.” It is probably the present Wady Ain Franjy.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-20Verses 10-20 We have here the removes of the children of Israel, till they came to the plains of Moab, from whence they passed over Jordan into Canaan. The end of their pilgrimage was near. "They set forward." It were well if we did thus; and the nearer we come to heaven, were so much the more active and abundant in the work of the Lord. The wonderful success God granted to his people, is here spoken of, and, among the rest, their actions on the river…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12The Israelites traveled along the east side of Edom. Iye-abarim means "ruins of Abarim" or "ruins of the region beyond." It was probably near the northern bank of Zered Brook (compare Deuteronomy 2:13–14). This brook separated ancient Edom from Moab (Deuteronomy 2:8–25).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. pitched in the valley--literally, the "woody brook-valley" of Zared (De 2:13; Is 15:7; Am 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].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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