Numbers 20:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The king of Edom refused to let the Israelites travel through his country, so the Israelites turned around and went another way.

Cross References

Judges 11:18

“Then the Israelites went through the desert and around the edges of the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab. They made their camp on the other side of the Arnon River. They did not cross the border of the land of Moab. (The Arnon River was the border of the land of Moab.)

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 Moabites living in Ar.’

Judges 11:24

Surely you can live in the land that your god Chemosh has given to you. So we will live in the land that the Lord our God has given to us.

Deuteronomy 23:7

“You must not hate Edomites, because they are your relatives. You must not hate Egyptians, because you were a stranger in their land.

Deuteronomy 2:27

‘Let us go through your land. We will stay on the road. We will not turn off the road to the right or to the left.

Numbers 21:23

But King Sihon would not allow the Israelites to travel through his country. He gathered together his army and marched out to the desert to fight against the Israelites. The king’s army fought against the Israelites at Jahaz.

Judges 11:17

The Israelites sent messengers to the king of Edom. The messengers asked for a favor. They said, ‘Let the Israelites cross through your land.’ But the king of Edom didn’t let us go through his land. We also sent the same message to the king of Moab. But the king of Moab would not let us go through his land either. So the Israelites stayed at Kadesh.

Numbers 21:4

The Israelites 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.

2 Chronicles 20:10

“But now, here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir. You would not let the Israelites enter their lands when they came out of Egypt. So the Israelites turned away and didn’t destroy them.