Numbers 20:20

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But Edom said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When [he is gone] I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 32:6

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau; and now he is [on the way] to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.

Psalm 120:7

I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom [descendants of Esau] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, corrupting his compassions and casting off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually and his wrath he kept and heeded forever.

Numbers 20:18

But Edom said to him, You shall not go through, lest I come out against you with the sword.

Numbers 20:21

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.

Judges 11:17

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let us, we pray, pass through your land, but the king of Edom would not listen. Also they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.

Judges 11:20

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.