The Meaning of Numbers 21:12 Explained

Numbers 21:12

KJV: From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

YLT: From thence they have journeyed, and encamp in the valley of Zared.

Darby: From thence they removed, and encamped at the torrent Zered.

ASV: From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

From thence they removed,  and pitched  in the valley  of Zared. 

What does Numbers 21:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 21:1-20 - The Brazen Serpent Journeying To Pisgah
It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse the long circuitous route, which a little kindness on our brother's part might have rendered needless. What discouragement, heart-break and fainting we cause one another!
The story of the brazen serpent was quoted by our Lord to Nicodemus, John 3:14. It exemplifies the law that like cures like. Our Lord came in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, and as such was nailed to the tree, that the progress of sin and death might be arrested. Whosoever directs to Him the look of faith shall have everlasting life.
Near the pole-foot sprang up the brook, Numbers 21:17-18. We are reminded of the connection between the Cross and Pentecost. Spring up, O well of the Holy Spirit, in our hearts, and churches, and schools! The living water is within; summon it! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 21

1  Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
4  The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents
7  They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent
10  Various journeys of the Israelites
21  Sihon is overcome
33  And Og

What do the individual words in Numbers 21:12 mean?

From there they moved and camped in the Valley of Zered
מִשָּׁ֖ם נָסָ֑עוּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּנַ֥חַל זָֽרֶד

מִשָּׁ֖ם  From  there 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adverb
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
נָסָ֑עוּ  they  moved 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ  and  camped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
בְּנַ֥חַל  in  the  Valley 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נַחַל 
Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
זָֽרֶד  of  Zered 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: זֶרֶד  
Sense: a river east of the Jordan, in the region of Moab and Edom, a source of the Arnon river.

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