Numbers 20:21

and Edom refuses to permit Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turns aside from off him.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And he says, “You do not pass over”; and Edom comes out to meet him with many people and with a strong hand;

22And the sons of Israel, all the congregation, journey from Kadesh and come to Mount Hor,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4And the people command you, saying, You are passing over into the border of your brothers, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and you have been very watchful;

Deuteronomy 2:27Let me pass over through your land; in the way—in the way I go, I do not turn aside [to the] right or left.

Deuteronomy 23:7You do not detest an Edomite, for he [is] your brother; you do not detest an Egyptian, for you have been a sojourner in his land;

Judges 11:24That which your god Chemosh causes you to possess—do you not possess it? And all that which our God YHWH has dispossessed from our presence—we possess it.

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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