Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 2:15
Indeed, the LORD’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp, until they had all perished.
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelite community on the plains of Moab, concluding his account of the thirty-eight-year wilderness period that ended when the entire fighting generation died. The words — יַד (yad) means "hand," and לְהֻמָּם (le-hummam) means "to eliminate" or "to destroy," describing Yahweh’s direct action removing the unfaithful from the camp. The thread — The motif of divine opposition appears in Judges 2:15, where the hand of the LORD brings calamity to Israel, and 1 Samuel 5:6, where it afflicts the Philistines with tumors. Why it lands — It demands recognition that sworn divine judgment executes without exception and requires readers to take covenant consequences seriously.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Cross-references
- Psalms 106:26 So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,
- Judges 2:15 Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
- 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 5:9 But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
- 1 Samuel 5:11 Then the Ekronites called together 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 and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
- 1 Samuel 7:13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
- Psalms 32:4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- Psalms 78:33 So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
- Psalms 90:7 For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Isaiah 66:14 When 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.