Numbers 20:18

Easy To Read Version

But {the king of} Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land. If you try to travel through our land, then we will come and fight you with swords.”

Cross References

Numbers 20:19

The people of Israel answered, “We will travel along the main road. If our animals drink any of your water, we will pay you for it. We only want to walk through your country. We don’t want to take it for ourselves.”

Numbers 20:20

But again Edom answered, “We won’t allow you to come through our country.”

Numbers 21:23

But King Sihon would not allow the people of Israel to travel through his country. The king gathered together his army and marched out to the desert. He was marching to fight against the people of Israel. At Jahaz, the king’s army fought against the people of Israel.

Numbers 21:4

The people of Israel left Mount Hor and traveled on the road that goes to the Red Sea. They did this to go around the country of Edom. But the people became impatient.

Numbers 24:18

Israel will grow strong! He will get the land of Edom. He will get the land of Seir, [303] his enemy.

Deuteronomy 2:29

Let us go through your land until we go across the Jordan River into the land that the Lord our God is giving us. Other people have let us go through their land—the people of Esau living in Seir and the Moabite people living in Ar.’