^2:14Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them. ^2:15Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within²⁴ the camp until they were all gone.

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^2:16So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,²⁵

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Footnotes

24 Heb “from the middle of.” Although many recent English versions leave this expression untranslated, the point seems to be that these soldiers did not die in battle but “within the camp.”
25 Heb “and it was when they were eliminated, all the men of war, to die from the midst of the people.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.

“So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.

Now when the last of these fighting men among the people had died,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. Indeed, the Lord’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished.

“When all the fighting men had died among the people,

NLTNew Living Translation

“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the Zered Brook! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the Lord had vowed would happen. The Lord struck them down until they had all been eliminated from the community.

“When all the men of fighting age had died,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the length of time that we had traveled from Kadesh Barnea until the time when we crossed the wadi of Zered was thirty-eight years, until the perishing of all of that generation; that is, the men of war from the midst of the camp as Yahweh had sworn to them. The hand of Yahweh was against them to root them out from the midst of the camp until they perished completely.

“And then when all the men of war had died from among the people,

KJV 1900King James Version

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. For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

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