Deuteronomy 2:16

So it happened, when all the men fit for fighting were dead and gone from among the people,

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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 Yahweh was against that generation in order to destroy them from the people until they were gone.

17that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 44:4When they were out of the city but were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you returned evil for good?

Joshua 5:4This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the males who had come out of Egypt, including all the men of war, had died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out from 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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