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

13Moses continued, “Then the Lord said to us, ‘Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.’ So we crossed the brook. 14“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. The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community. 16“When all the men of fighting age had died, 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 2:15Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.
• 1 Samuel 5:6Then the Lord’s heavy hand struck the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.
• 1 Samuel 7:13So the Philistines were subdued and didn’t invade Israel again for some time. And throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the Lord’s powerful hand was raised against the Philistines.
• Psalms 32:4Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude
• Psalms 78:33So he ended their lives in failure, their years in terror.
• Psalms 90:7We wither beneath your anger; we are overwhelmed by your fury.
• Psalms 106:26Therefore, he solemnly swore that he would kill them in the wilderness,
• Isaiah 66:14When you see these things, your heart will rejoice. You will flourish like the grass! Everyone will see the Lord’s hand of blessing on his servants— and his anger against his enemies.
• 1 Corinthians 10:5Yet God was not pleased with most of them, and their bodies were scattered 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