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.

That the LORD spake unto me, saying,

Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: