Numbers 20:21

Thus Edom refused to give Yisroel passage through his border; wherefore Yisroel turned away from him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with a large army, and with a yad chazakah.

22And the Bnei Yisroel, even Kol HaEdah, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto Mt Hor.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the territory of your brethren the Bnei Esav, which dwell in Se'ir; and they shall be afraid of you; be shomer me'od of yourselves therefore:

Deuteronomy 2:27Let me pass through thy land on the derech; I will go along on the derech; I will neither turn unto the yamin nor to the semol (left).

Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not seek their shalom nor their tovat all thy yamim l'olam.

Judges 11:24Wilt not thou possess that which Kemosh eloheicha giveth thee to possess? So whatever Hashem Eloheinu shall take possession of before us, that will we possess.

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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