Deuteronomy 2:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“After all the fighting men were dead and gone,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:14

It was 38 years from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until the time we crossed Zered Valley. As the Lord had promised, all the fighting men in our camp from that generation had died.

Deuteronomy 2:17

the Lord said to me,

Genesis 44:4

After they had left the city, Joseph said to his servant, “Go and follow the men. Stop them and say to them, ‘We were good to you! So why have you been bad to us? Why did you steal my master’s silver cup?

Numbers 17:13

Anyone who even comes near the Lord’s holy place will die. Is it true that we will all die?”

Joshua 5:4

This is why Joshua circumcised the men: After the Israelites left Egypt, all the men who were able to serve in the army were circumcised. While in the desert, many of the fighting men did not listen to the Lord. So the Lord promised that they would not see the “land where much food grows.” He promised our ancestors to give us that land, but because of those men, he forced the people to wander in the desert for 40 years. That way all those fighting men would die. So all the fighting men died, and their sons took their place. But none of the boys who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised. So Joshua circumcised them.