Edom Refuses Passage

Numbers 20

14 a Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to b the king of Edom: "Thus says c your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met: 15 d how our fathers went down to Egypt, e and we lived in Egypt a long time. f And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers. 16 And g when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and h sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. 17 i Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, j or drink water from a well. We will go along the King's Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory." 18 But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you." 19 And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, k and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, l then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more." 20 But he said, m "You shall not pass through." And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force. 21 Thus Edom n refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel o turned away from him.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 11:16 - 17
    But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 36:31 - 39
    These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:4
    And command the people, "You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful.
    Deuteronomy 2:8
    So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. "And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
    Deuteronomy 23:7
    You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a sojourner in his land.
    Obadiah 1:10
    Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever.
    Obadiah 1:12
    But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 46:6
    They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him.
    Acts 7:15
    And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 12:40
    The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 1:11
    Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses.
    Deuteronomy 26:6
    And the Egyptians treated us harshly and humiliated us and laid on us hard labor.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 2:23
    During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
    Exodus 3:7
    Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 3:2
    And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
    Exodus 14:19
    Then the angel of God who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.
    Exodus 23:20
    Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
    Exodus 33:2
    I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 21:22
    "Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory."
    Deuteronomy 2:27
    Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 20:19
    And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 20:17
    Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King's Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:6
    You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
    Deuteronomy 2:28
    You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot.
  13. Cross References
    Judges 11:17
    Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
    Amos 1:11
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.
  14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 2:29
    As the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.
  15. Cross References
    Numbers 21:4
    From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.
    Deuteronomy 2:8
    So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. "And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab.
    Judges 11:18
    Then they journeyed through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
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