Deuteronomy 2:16
So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Cross-reference
Joshua 5:4
Parallel
Joshua 5:4 gives the same fact as the reason for circumcision — all the men of war from Egypt died in the wilderness.
1 Corinthians 10:5
Allusion
1 Corinthians 10:5 applies this wilderness death as a warning — God was not pleased with them, so they were overthrown.
Hebrews 3:17
Allusion
Hebrews 3:17 identifies those who fell in the wilderness as the ones who sinned, echoing the same event of divine judgment.