Lux Domini
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.

What does Deuteronomy 2:14 mean?

Holiness is true honour, and the only way to everlasting honour.

Key themes

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Keep this verse inside Deuteronomy 2:12-15 and alongside a few nearby related passages.

Glossary

Zered Place

=Zared, luxuriance; willow bush, a brook or valley communicating with the Dead Sea near its southern extremity ( Num. 21:12 ; Deut. 2:14 ). It is called the “brook of the willows”. Modern identification: Wadi al Hasa.

Kadesh-barnea Place

Holy, or Kadesh-Barnea, sacred desert of wandering, a place on the south-eastern border of Palestine, about 165 miles from Horeb. It lay in the “wilderness” or “desert of Zin”. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.