Deuteronomy 2:15

Deuteronomy 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp until they were consumed.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:15

13Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered.” So we did so. 14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them. Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone. 16So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, 17the Lord said to me,

Deuteronomy 2:15 word by word

וְגַ֤ם יַד־יְהוָה֙ הָ֣יְתָה בָּ֔ם לְהֻמָּ֖ם מִקֶּ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה עַ֖ד תֻּמָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For indeed the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was against them, to destroyהָמַםhâmam · to confuseH2000
• them from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• until they were consumedתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:15

• Judges 2:15Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.
• 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)
• Psalms 78:33So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror.
• Psalms 90:7Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.
• Psalms 106:26So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert,
• Isaiah 66:14When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.
• 1 Corinthians 10:5But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show what uncertain things wordly possessions are. It was so of old, and ever will be so. Families decline, and from them estates are transferred to families that increase; so little continuance is there in these things. This is recorded to encourage the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-25Numbers 21:10–20 covers the same time period.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-188-18. we passed ... through the way of the plain--the Arabah or great valley, from Elath ("trees") (the Ailah of the Greeks and Romans). The site of it is marked by extensive mounds of rubbish. Ezion-geber--now Akaba, both were within the territory of Edom; and after making a circuit of its southeastern boundary, the Israelites reached the border of Moab on the southeast of the Salt Sea. They had been forbidden by divine command to molest the Moabites in…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:15

• Israel
• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Distress
• Exodus
• Geber
• Horites
• Consume
• Deuteronomy
• Papyrus

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings