Deuteronomy - 2:15



15 Moreover the hand of Yahweh was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 2:15.

Differing Translations

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For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
For his hand was against them, that they should perish from the midst of the camp.
For the hand of the Lord was against them, working their destruction, till all were dead.
Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to discomfit them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.
For his hand was against them, so that they would pass away from the midst of the camp.
Praeterea manus Jehovae fuit in eos, ut perderet eos e medio castrorum, donec consumeret eos.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

For indeed the (h) hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
(h) His plague and punishment to destroy all that were twenty years old and above.

For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them,.... His power was exerted in a way of wrath and vengeance on them, for their murmurings at the report of the spies; and therefore, it is no wonder they were consumed, for strong is his hand, and high is his right hand; and when lifted up it falls heavy, and there is no standing up under it, or against it: it smote them with one disease or another, or brought one judgment or another upon them: as the sword of Amalek, by which many were cut off, and the plague at Shittim in the plains of Moab, in which died 24,000; besides the destruction of Korah and his company, which was quickly after the affair of the spies, and the plague at that time, of which died 14,700; and thus, by one stroke after another, he went on to
destroy them from among the host until they were consumed, even all of them but two, as follows.

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