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 space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea until we had come over the Brook Zered was thirty and eight years, until all the generation of the men of war were wasted from among the host, as the LORD swore unto them.

15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them to destroy them from among the host 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 over through Ar, the border of Moab, this day.