Deuteronomy 2:16

16 When the last of these soldiers had died,

Deuteronomy 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:16

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed,
&c.] By wasting diseases and judgments of one kind or another:

and dead from among the people;
the rising and surviving generation.

Deuteronomy 2:16 In-Context

14 It took us thirty-eight years to get from Kadesh Barnea to the Brook Zered. That's how long it took for the entire generation of soldiers from the camp to die off, as God had sworn they would.
15 God was relentless against them until the last one was gone from the camp.
16 When the last of these soldiers had died,
17 God said to me,
18 "This is the day you cut across the territory of Moab, at Ar.
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