Deuteronomy 2:16

16 And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of the people had fallen,

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 traveled from Cades Barne till we crossed the valley of Zaret, thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God sware to them.

15 And the hand of the Lord was upon them to destroy them out of the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

16 And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of the people had fallen,

17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying,

18 Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer;