Numbers 20:21

Free Bible Version

Since the king of Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through his territory, the Israelites had to turn back.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

Look, here come the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, those very countries you did not let Israel invade when they came out of Egypt. Israel left them alone and did not destroy them.

Numbers 21:23

But Sihon refused to allow the Israelites to travel through his territory. Instead, he called out his whole army and went out to meet the Israelites head-on in the desert. When he arrived at Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites.

Numbers 21:4

The Israelites left Mount Hor by the road leading to the Red Sea so they could avoid traveling through the country of Edom. But the people became bad-tempered on the way

Deuteronomy 2:27

‘Let us pass through your land. We'll stay on the main road and won't turn off either to the right or to the left.

Deuteronomy 2:29

just like the descendants of Esau living in Seir and the Moabites living in Ar allowed us, until we cross over the Jordan into the country that the Lord our God is giving to us.”

Deuteronomy 23:7

Don't look down on an Edomite, for they are your relatives. Don't look down on an Egyptian either, because you lived as foreigners in their country.

Judges 11:17

They sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your country,’ but the king of Edom refused to listen. They also sent the same request to the king of Moab, and he refused too. So they remained at Kadesh.

Judges 11:18

Eventually the Israelites traveled through the desert, avoiding the lands of Edom and Moab. They arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they did not enter Moab territory, for the Arnon River was its border.

Judges 11:24

Why don't you keep whatever your god Chemosh gave you, and we'll keep whatever the Lord our God has given us?