Deuteronomy 2:15
For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 1:34 records God's angry oath that led to the judgment—the destruction in 2:15 is the result of that oath.
Judges 2:15 uses the same 'hand of the Lord was against them' to describe God's judgment in the time of the judges, mirroring this earlier judgment.
In 1 Samuel 5:9, the same phrase 'hand of the Lord was against' describes divine judgment on Philistine cities through tumors and panic.
In 1 Samuel 5:11, the 'hand of God was very heavy' parallels the hand of the Lord against Israel in the wilderness—both signify severe judgment.
In 1 Samuel 7:13, 'the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines' echoes the same expression of divine opposition found in Deuteronomy 2:15.
In Psalm 78:33, God ends the wilderness generation’s days in futility—directly describing the same consuming judgment as Deuteronomy 2:15.
In Psalm 90:7-9, the psalmist uses 'consumed by your anger' and 'years end under wrath'—a poetic echo of the wilderness generation’s destruction.
In Psalm 106:26, God swore they would fall in the wilderness—a direct reference to the same judgment event described in Deuteronomy 2:15.
In 1 Corinthians 10:5, Paul says most were overthrown in the wilderness—directly citing the same event of divine judgment as Deuteronomy 2:15.
In Numbers 26:64, none of the first census generation remained—the outcome of the destruction described in Deuteronomy 2:15.
Numbers 26:65 records the same divine decree that the wilderness generation would die, leaving only Caleb and Joshua.
Numbers 32:11 quotes God's oath that none of the men from Egypt (except Caleb and Joshua) would see the promised land—the same judgment.
Numbers 32:13 explicitly describes God's anger causing the wilderness wandering until that generation was consumed, mirroring the destruction.
Hebrews 3:17 explicitly identifies the wilderness generation whose carcasses fell—the same people God's hand destroyed in Deuteronomy 2:15.