Deuteronomy 2:14
in Deuteronomy 2The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the Brook of Zered was thirty-eight years, until that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.
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.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseCommon providence, we may observe, in about thirty-eight years, ordinarily raises a new generation, so that in that time few remain of the old one; but here it was entirely new, and none at all remained but Caleb and Joshua: for indeed the hand of the Lord was against them,
This site's exposition
arise and cross over the Brook of Zered
on Deuteronomy 2:13-15
The Zered marks the close of an era, "thirty-eight years" out from Kadesh-barnea, and by the crossing the generation of fighting men is gone. Numbers 14:29-35 is the sentence being served, "Your bodies will fall in this wilderness", spoken of all numbered from twenty years old.
This site's exposition
was thirty-eight years
The sworn sentence of 1:34-35 is here reported as fulfilled, with the years counted from Kadesh-barnea. So the forty years include the time before Kadesh. Matthew Henry observes that ordinary providence replaces most of a generation in about thirty-eight years, but here none remained except Caleb and Joshua.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), righteous Lot, who kept his integrity in Sodom. Note, Children often fare the better in this world for the piety of their ancestors: the seed of the upright, though they degenerate, yet are blessed with temporal good things. Because the land they were possessed of was what God had given them, and he did not design it for Israel.
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And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea,....
If the providence of God had done this for the Moabites and Ammonites, much more would his promise do it for Israel his peculiar people. The advances which Israel made towards Canaan.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַיָּמִ֞ים | vehaiyamim | and the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלַ֣כְנוּ׀ | halakhnu | we walked | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מִקָּדֵ֣שׁ | mikadesh | from Kadesh | H6947 → | 20 times |
| בַּרְנֵ֗עַ | barnea' | Barnea | H6947 → | 20 times |
| עַ֤ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָבַ֙רְנוּ֙ | ʾavarnu | we passed over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַ֣חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| זֶ֔רֶד | zered | Zered | H2218 → | 4 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים | sheloshim | [were] thirty | H7970 → | |
| וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה | ushemoneh | and eight | H8083 → | |
| שָׁנָ֑ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| תֹּ֨ם | tom | was finished | H8552 → | 63 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדּ֜וֹר | hador | the generation | H1755 → | 167 times |
| אַנְשֵׁ֤י | ʾanshei | [the] men of | H582 → | 566 times |
| הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ | hamilchamah | <the> war | H4421 → | 320 times |
| מִקֶּ֣רֶב | mikerev | from [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֥ע | nishba' | he had sworn | H7650 → | 186 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לָהֶֽם׃ | lahem | to them |
וְהַיָּמִ֞יםand the days
vehaiyamimH3117 →2304 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
הָלַ֣כְנוּ׀we walked
halakhnuH1980 →1546 times
מִקָּדֵ֣שׁfrom Kadesh
mikadeshH6947 →20 times
בַּרְנֵ֗עַBarnea
barnea'H6947 →20 times
עַ֤דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָבַ֙רְנוּ֙we passed over
ʾavarnuH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
זֶ֔רֶדZered
zeredH2218 →4 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים[were] thirty
sheloshimH7970 →
וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖הand eight
ushemonehH8083 →
שָׁנָ֑הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
תֹּ֨םwas finished
tomH8552 →63 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדּ֜וֹרthe generation
hadorH1755 →167 times
אַנְשֵׁ֤י[the] men of
ʾansheiH582 →566 times
הַמִּלְחָמָה֙<the> war
hamilchamahH4421 →320 times
מִקֶּ֣רֶבfrom [the] midst of
mikerevH7130 →227 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הthe camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֥עhe had sworn
nishba'H7650 →186 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לָהֶֽם׃to them
lahem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 95:11So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
it leads to
- Hebrews 3:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 4:3
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And…
- Hebrews 4:5
And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Numbers 14:23
not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
- Hebrews 3:18
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- Hebrews 3:11
Through
Ezekiel 20:15Moreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory…
it leads to
- Psalms 95:11
So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.”
- Psalms 106:26
So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Ezekiel 20:23
However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Psalms 95:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.