14. The days in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we had come over the brook Zered, were thirty-eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the middle of the camp, as the Lord swore to them.
15. Moreover the Lord’s hand was against them, to destroy them from the middle of the camp, until they were consumed.
16. So, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from amongst the people,
17. the Lord spoke to me, saying,
18. “You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today.