Numbers 21:12

From thence they journeyed The last place mentioned in J E was -the way to the Red Sea" (Numbers 21:4); but it is probable that some stages in the journey have been lost, and that -thence" originally referred to a distinct town or locality.

the wady of Zered The Heb. naḥaldenotes both a small torrent and the depression through which it flows; the German -Bachtal" expresses it well.

The name Zered has not been identified; if, however, the compiler was sufficiently acquainted with the geography of the district to place the names Oboth and Iye-abarim (from P) in their right position, Zered must lie to the north of the latter town, and may be either the Seil Sa-îdeh which flows into the Arnon from the S.E., or the Seil Lejjûn a smaller tributary of the Seil Sa-îdeh or else the Wady-el-Kerak (or the upper course of it named Wady-el-Franji) which runs north-west past Kerak into the Dead Sea.