John Gill Commentary Deuteronomy 2:14

"And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them." — Deuteronomy 2:14 (ASV)

And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea
The space of time; or, "the days" ^F2 ; the number of them:

until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years ;
that is, from the time that the spies were sent and searched the land, and brought a report of it; for they were sent from Kadeshbarnea, (Numbers 32:8) unto the passage of the Israelites over Zered, were thirty eight years; so long they had been travelling in the wilderness, after they were come to the borders of the land:

until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among
the host ;
all that were twenty years old and upwards, and fit to go out to war upon occasion, when the people were first numbered after they came out of Egypt; all that generation was now consumed within the above space of time, excepting two, Caleb and Joshua;

as the Lord sware unto them ;
(Numbers 14:21Numbers 14:23Numbers 14:30) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F2: (Mymyhw) "et dies", Montanus; "dies autem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.