Deuteronomy 2:16

16 Finally, the last of the fighting men among the people 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 Between the time we left Kadesh Barnea and the time we went across the Zered Valley, 38 years passed. By then, all of the fighting men who had been in our camp from the beginning had died. The LORD had warned them with an oath that it would happen.

15 He used his power against them until he had gotten rid of all of them. Not one was left in the camp.

16 Finally, the last of the fighting men among the people died.

17 Then the LORD spoke to me. He said,

18 "Today you must pass near the border of Moab. Moab is also called Ar.