Deuteronomy 2:16

16 "So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished 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 time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them.

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

16 "So it was, when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people,

17 that the Lord spoke to me, saying:

18 'This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.