"And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, {was} thirty and eight years;…" — Deuteronomy 2:14

Deuteronomy 2:14 · KJV

“And 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. {brook: or, valley}”

— Deuteronomy 2:14

Verse 13

Now rise up, {said I}, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. {brook: or, valley}

Verse 15

For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

Deuteronomy 2 — Context

The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. {succeeded: Heb. inherited} {stead: or, room}

Now rise up, {said I}, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. {brook: or, valley}

And 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. {brook: or, valley}

For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

Cross References

Numbers 26:64-65

But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

Numbers 14:28-35

Say unto them, {As truly as} I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

Deuteronomy 1:34-35

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Psalms 95:11

Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. {that...: Heb. if they enter into my rest}

Ezekiel 20:15

Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given {them}, flowing with milk and honey, which {is} the glory of all lands;

Deuteronomy 1:19

And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.

Deuteronomy 1:2

({There are} eleven days' {journey} from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)

Numbers 13:26

And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.