Numbers 20:21

Thus Edom denyed to giue Israel passage through his countrey: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

22And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4And warne thou the people, saying, Ye shall go through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraide of you: take ye good heede therefore.

Deuteronomy 2:27Let me passe through thy land: I will go by the hie way: I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left.

Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a strager in his land.

Judges 11:24Wouldest not thou possesse that which Chemosh thy god giueth thee to possesse? So whomesoeuer the Lord our God driueth out before vs, them will we possesse.

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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