Deuteronomy 2:16

16 Now when all the fighting men among the people 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 The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

15 Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.

16 Now when all the fighting men among the people had died,

17 the LORD said to me,

18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab at Ar.