Deuteronomy 2:16

16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people

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 And the days in which we came from Kadeshbarnea until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty-eight years until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the camp, as the LORD swore unto them.

15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the camp until they were consumed.

16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people

17 that the LORD spoke unto me, saying,

18 Thou art to pass the border of Moab today unto Ar,