See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt and whom they avoided and did not destroy,
Numbers 20:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through their territory, so Israel turned away from them. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. American Standard Version (1901) Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. Common English Bible Edom refused to allow Israel to cross his border. And Israel turned away from him. Catholic Public Domain Version neither was he willing to agree to their petition to concede passage through his borders. For this reason, Israel diverted away from him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him. |
See now, the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt and whom they avoided and did not destroy,
But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness; he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became discouraged on the way.
‘If you let me pass through your land, I will travel only along the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left.
just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir have done for me and likewise the Moabites who live in Ar—until I cross the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving us.’
“You shall not abhor any of the Edomites, for they are your kin. You shall not abhor any of the Egyptians, because you were an alien residing in their land.
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.
Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon. They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
Should you not possess what your god Chemosh gives you to possess? And should we not be the ones to possess everything that the Lord our God has conquered for our benefit?