Numbers 20:18
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֱדוֹם לֹא תַעֲבֹר בִּי פֶּן ־ בַּחֶרֶב אֵצֵא לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 21:4וַיִּסְעוּ מֵהֹר הָהָר דֶּרֶךְ יַם ־ סוּף לִסְבֹב אֶת ־ אֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם וַתִּקְצַר נֶֽפֶשׁ ־ הָעָם בַּדָּֽרֶךְ ׃
Deuteronomy 2:29כַּאֲשֶׁר עָֽשׂוּ ־ לִי בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים בְּשֵׂעִיר וְהַמּוֹאָבִים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּעָר עַד אֲשֶֽׁר ־ אֶֽעֱבֹר אֶת ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן אֶל ־ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ־ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נֹתֵן לָֽנוּ ׃
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 →