Numbers 20:21
Thus did Edom refuse to give Israel passage through his boundary,—and Israel turned away from him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
In Context
22Then set they forward from Kadesh,—and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:4And, the people, command thou saying, Ye are about to pass through the boundary of your brethren the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir,—and should they be afraid of you, take ye good heed to yourselves:
Deuteronomy 2:27I would pass along through thy land, by the road, by the road, will I go,—I will not turn aside, to the right hand or to the left:
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for thy brother, he is,—thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, for a sojourner, becamest thou in his land;
Judges 11:24What Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess, that, wilt thou not possess? and, whatsoever Yahweh our God hath set before us to possess, that, shall we not possess?
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 →