Devarim 2:16

16 So it came to pass, when kol anshei hamilchamah were consumed and dead from among HaAm (the People),

Devarim 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.

Devarim 2:16 In-Context

14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh-Barnea, until we were come over the Wadi Zered, was 38 shanim; until all the generation of the anshei hamilchamah had been consumed from the machaneh, as Hashem had sworn unto them.

15 For indeed the yad Hashem was against them, to destroy them from among the machaneh, until they were consumed.

16 So it came to pass, when kol anshei hamilchamah were consumed and dead from among HaAm (the People),

17 That Hashem spoke unto me, saying,

18 Thou art to pass over the border of Moav at Ar today;