And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
Numbers 20:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. American Standard Version (1901) Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. Common English Bible Edom refused to allow Israel to cross his border. And Israel turned away from him. Catholic Public Domain Version neither was he willing to agree to their petition to concede passage through his borders. For this reason, Israel diverted away from him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him. |
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz: and he fought against Israel.
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
as the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Then he walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for Arnon was the border of Moab.
Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.