“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Until we were come over the brook Zered. —The root zârad in Chaldee means to prune. The name “Zered” si…

John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea
The space of time; or, "the days" F2 ; the number of the…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these: the Caphtorims drove the Avims o…