Zered

The brook Zered (also Wadi Zered) was the boundary stream between Moab and Edom that the Israelites crossed in their wilderness journey around Edom (Numbers 21:12; Deuteronomy 2:13–14). The crossing of the Zered marked a significant transition: it was at this point that the entire generation of men who had left Egypt in military readiness had perished over the thirty-eight years since Kadesh-barnea, just as the LORD had sworn (Deuteronomy 2:14–16). The Zered is generally identified with the modern Wadi el-Hesa, which flows into the southeastern end of the Dead Sea and forms the southern boundary of the plateau of Moab.