Deuteronomy 2:15
in Deuteronomy 2Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
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ASV
Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
KJV
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 2
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis 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
to eliminate them from the camp
The verb eliminate describes a steady removal from the camp over the years, until the last of the men counted at Sinai had died. Matthew Henry writes that those who have God's hand against them waste away until they are consumed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Those cannot but waste, until they were consumed, who have the hand of God against them. Observe, Israel is not called to engage with the Canaanites till all the men of war, the veteran regiments, that had been used to hardship, and had learned the art of war from the Egyptians, were consumed and dead from among the people (
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), 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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For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them,....
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַ֤ם | vegam | and also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| יַד־ | yad- | [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הָ֣יְתָה | hayetah | it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בָּ֔ם | bam | on them | ||
| לְהֻמָּ֖ם | lehumam | to disturb them | H2000 → | |
| מִקֶּ֣רֶב | mikerev | from [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| תֻּמָּֽם׃ | tumam | were finished they | H8552 → | 63 times |
וְגַ֤םand also
vegamH1571 →769 times
יַד־[the] hand of
yad-H3027 →1618 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הָ֣יְתָהit was
hayetahH1961 →3559 times
בָּ֔םon them
bam
לְהֻמָּ֖םto disturb them
lehumamH2000 →
מִקֶּ֣רֶבfrom [the] midst of
mikerevH7130 →227 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑הthe camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
תֻּמָּֽם׃were finished they
tumamH8552 →63 times
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 106:26So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:15
Moreover, 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…
- Numbers 14:28–35
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- Ezekiel 20:15
Through
1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
- Psalms 32:4
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Deuteronomy 28:27
The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
- 1 Samuel 5:11
Through
Isaiah 66:14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
it leads to
- Zechariah 10:7
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
- Zechariah 10:7
Through
1 Samuel 5:11Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 5:6
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
- 1 Samuel 5:6
Through
Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
it leads to
- Numbers 14:35
I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will…
- Numbers 14:35
Where this verse is studied
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.