Numbers 20:20

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large force, heavily armed.

Cross References

Genesis 27:41

Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Genesis 32:6

The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and 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

Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity; he maintained his anger perpetually and kept his wrath forever.

Numbers 20:18

But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, or we will come out with the sword against you.”

Numbers 20:21

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through their territory, so Israel turned away from them.

Judges 11:17

Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also 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.