Numbers 20:21

and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And he saith, 'Thou dost not pass over;' and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand;

22And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:4'And the people command thou, saying, Ye are passing over into the border of your brethren, sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir, and they are afraid of you; and ye have been very watchful,

Deuteronomy 2:27Let me pass over through thy land; in the several ways I go; I turn not aside — right or left —

Deuteronomy 23:7'Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he [is]; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;

Judges 11:24That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess — dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, — it we do 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 →

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