Deuteronomy 2:16 KJV
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Deuteronomy 2:14–18 KJV Chapter Context
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And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, 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.
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For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
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So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
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That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
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Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: