Numbers 20:20

New International Version

Again they answered: “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful army.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 32:6

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming 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

This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked,

Numbers 20:18

But Edom answered: “You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword.”

Numbers 20:21

Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

Judges 11:17

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab, and he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

Judges 11:20

Sihon, however, did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He mustered all his troops and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel.