Deuteronomy 2:16

16 "{And then} when all the men of war {had died} 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 Now the {length of time} that we had traveled from Kadesh Barnea until [the time when] we crossed the wadi of Zered [was] thirty-eight years, until the perishing of all of that generation; [that is], the men of war from the midst of the camp as Yahweh had sworn to them.

15 The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.

16 "{And then} when all the men of war {had died} from among the people,

17 Yahweh spoke to me, {saying},

18 'You [are] about to cross over the boundary of Moab {today} at Ar.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "And it happened"
• [b] Or "battle"
• [c] Literally "had finished/completed to die"