Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
Numbers 20:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Now here are the Ammonites, Moabites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir. You did not let Israel invade them when Israel came out of the land of Egypt, but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
Then they set out from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to bypass the land of Edom, but the people became impatient because of the journey.
“Let us travel through your land; we will keep strictly to the main road. We will not turn to the right or the left.
just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir did for us, and the Moabites who live in Ar, until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.”
Do not despise an Edomite, because he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you were a resident foreigner in his land.
Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us travel through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
‘Then they travelled through the wilderness and round the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter into the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
Isn’t it true that you can have whatever your god Chemosh conquers for you, and we can have whatever the Lord our God conquers for us?