Numbers 20:20

He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom [Red] came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

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In The King James Version

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

In Context

19The children of Israel [God prevails] said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”

21Thus Edom [Red] refused to give Israel [God prevails] passage through his border, so Israel [God prevails] turned away from him. (RY:3, LY:5)

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Cross References

Genesis 27:41Esau [Hairy] hated Jacob [Supplanter] because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau [Hairy] said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob [Supplanter].”

Numbers 20:18Edom [Red] said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

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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