Numbers 20:21

neither was he willing to agree to their petition to concede passage through his borders. For this reason, Israel diverted away from him.

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In The King James Version

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

In Context

20But he answered, “You shall not cross.” And immediately he went out to meet them with a countless multitude and a strong hand;

22And when they had moved the camp from Kadesh, they arrived at mount Hor, which is at the borders of the land of Edom,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4And instruct the people, saying: You shall cross through the borders of your brothers, the sons of Esau, who live at Seir, and they will fear you.

Deuteronomy 2:27‘We will cross through your land. We will advance by the public way. We will not turn aside, neither to the right, nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 23:7You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.

Judges 11:24Are not the things that your god Chemosh possesses owed to you by right? And so, what the Lord our God has obtained by victory falls to us as a possession.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:15-22

Ambassadors Sent to Edom. ( b. c. 1452.) 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the Lord , he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I… Read the whole commentary →

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