Numbers 20:21
Since the king of Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through his territory, the Israelites had to turn back.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
In Context
22The Israelites all left Kadesh and traveled to Mount Hor.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:4and give these orders to the people: You are going to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be frightened of you, so you need to be very careful.
Deuteronomy 2:27‘Let us pass through your land. We'll stay on the main road and won't turn off either to the right or to the left.
Deuteronomy 23:7Don't look down on an Edomite, for they are your relatives. Don't look down on an Egyptian either, because you lived as foreigners in their country.
Judges 11:24Why don't you keep whatever your god Chemosh gave you, and we'll keep whatever the Lord our God has given us?
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 →