Numbers 20:21
So, because the king of Edom refused to allow the Israelis to travel through his country, the Israelis turned and traveled a different way.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
In Context
22The Israeli people left Kadesh. They went to Hor Mountain,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:4And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the hilly Edom region. They will be afraid of you,
Deuteronomy 2:27‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We promise that we will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left.
Deuteronomy 23:7“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are descendants of your ancestor Jacob, just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because they treated your ancestors well when they first lived in Egypt.
Judges 11:24You take the land that your god Chemosh has given to you. And we will live in the land that Yahweh our God has given to 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 →