New International Version
Deuteronomy 2:14
14Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
Deuteronomy 2:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the time we took to come from Kadesh Barnea until we crossed over the Valley of the Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war was consumed from the midst of the camp, just as the Lord had sworn to them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen.
Context of Deuteronomy 2:14
12Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.) 13And the Lord said, “Now get up and cross the Zered Valley.” So we crossed the valley. Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. 15The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp. 16Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died,
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וְהַיָּמִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣כְנוּ׀ מִקָּדֵ֣שׁ בַּרְנֵ֗עַ עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־עָבַ֙רְנוּ֙ אֶת־נַ֣חַל זֶ֔רֶד שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה עַד־תֹּ֨ם כָּל־הַדּ֜וֹר אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ מִקֶּ֣רֶב הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה לָהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the spaceיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- in which we cameהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- from Kadesh–barneaקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַqâdêsh barnêa‛ · Kadesh-barneaH6947
- until we were come overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
- the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158
- Zeredזֶ֫רֶדzered · ZeredH2218
- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- and eightשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- until all the generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- of the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
- were wasted outתָּמַםtâmam · to finishH8552
- from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
- the hostמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:14
- Deuteronomy 1:2(It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.)
- Numbers 13:26They came back to Moses and Aaron and the whole Israelite community at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There they reported to them and to the whole assembly and showed them the fruit of the land.
- Deuteronomy 1:34When the Lord heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore:
- Numbers 14:28So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say:
- Numbers 26:64Not one of them was among those counted by Moses and Aaron the priest when they counted the Israelites in the Desert of Sinai.
- Numbers 32:11‘Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of those who were twenty years old or more when they came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—
- Psalms 90:3You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
- Psalms 95:11So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ ”
- Ezekiel 20:15Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—
- Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness,
- Jude 1:5Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:14
- 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
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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
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