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Deuteronomy 2:16 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 2 · verse 16
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,Deuteronomy 2:16 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:16 in context
14And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
15For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
16So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
17That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
18Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- consumedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- amongqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
- warmilchâmâha battleH4421 →
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It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deu 2:8), calls them, "our brethren, the children of Esau." Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-23