Deuteronomy 2:16

And it came to pass when all the men of war were consumed, having died off from among the people,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

In Context

15Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

17that Jehovah spoke to me, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 44:4They were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

Joshua 5:4And this is the cause why Joshua circumcised [them]: all the people that had come out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →

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