Numbers 20:21
Thus 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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In The King James Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:4Enjoin the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your cousins the children of Esau [Hairy], who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful.
Deuteronomy 2:27“Let me pass through your land. I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 23:7+ 23:7 Hebrew ch 23 v. 8 + 23:7. Deut 23:7-8 [Heb Bible Deut 23:8-9] (#2b.183): T. Not to exclude the seed of Esau (Edomites) from the community of Israel / R. Not to exclude a Jew from marrying a third generation Edomite convert You shall not abhor an Edomite [Red]; for he is your brother. + 23:7. Deut 23:7-8 [Heb Bible Deut 23:8-9] (#2b.184): T. Not to exclude the Egyptian from the community of Israel / R. Not to exclude a third generation Egyptian convert from marrying into the Jewish people You shall not abhor an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
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 →