Numbers 20:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.

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  • Num 20:19-21
    3 verses
    92%

    19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.

    20But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.

    21So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.

  • Num 20:17
    87%

    17Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.

  • Judg 11:16-19
    4 verses
    82%

    16But when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the waste land to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh;

    17Then Israel sent men to the king of Edom saying, Let me now go through your land; but the king of Edom did not give ear to them. And in the same way he sent to the king of Moab, but he would not; so Israel went on living in Kadesh.

    18Then he went on through the waste land and round the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and put up their tents on the other side of the Arnon; they did not come inside the limit of Moab, for the Arnon was the limit of Moab.

    19And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let me now go through your land to my place.

  • Num 21:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,

    22Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.

    23And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.

  • Deut 2:27-30
    4 verses
    78%

    27Let me go through your land: I will keep to the highway, not turning to the right or to the left;

    28Let me have food, at a price, for my needs, and water for drinking: only let me go through on foot;

    29As the children of Esau did for me in Seir and the Moabites in Ar; till I have gone over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God is giving us.

    30But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us go through; for the Lord your God made his spirit hard and his heart strong, so that he might give him up into your hands as at this day.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    78%

    8And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8So we went on past our brothers, the children of Esau, living in Seir, by the road through the Arabah, from Elath and Ezion-geber. And turning, we went by the road through the waste land of Moab.

    9And the Lord said to me, Make no attack on Moab and do not go to war with them, for I will not give you any of his land: because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for their heritage.

  • Deut 2:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4And give the people orders, saying, You are about to go through the land of your brothers, the children of Esau, who are living in Seir; and they will have fear of you; so take care what you do:

    5Make no attack on them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even space enough for a man's foot: because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for his heritage.

  • Num 20:14
    73%

    14Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You have knowledge of all the things we have been through;

  • Gen 33:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

    15And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

  • Deut 2:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    18You are about to go by Ar, the limit of the country of Moab;

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    72%

    26And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • Num 24:18
    72%

    18Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

  • Gen 33:12
    72%

    12And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    72%

    10And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:

  • Jer 49:17
    71%

    17And Edom will become a cause of wonder: everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and make sounds of fear at all her punishments.

  • Jer 25:21
    71%

    21Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    71%

    20In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves.

  • Exod 13:17
    71%

    17Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.

  • 2 Chr 25:19
    71%

    19You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?

  • Ezek 25:12
    70%

    12This is what the Lord has said: Because Edom has taken his payment from the people of Judah, and has done great wrong in taking payment from them;

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
    70%

    20Now in the morning, about the time when the offering was made, they saw water flowing from the direction of Edom till the country was full of water.

  • Num 21:4
    70%

    4Then they went on from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, going round the land of Edom: and the spirit of the people was overcome with weariness on the way.

  • Gen 32:17
    70%

    17And he gave orders to the first, saying, When my brother Esau comes to you and says, Whose servant are you, and where are you going, and whose are these herds?

  • Ps 60:9
    70%

    9Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

  • Deut 1:40
    70%

    40But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

  • Ps 108:10
    70%

    10Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

  • Josh 18:18
    70%

    18And it goes on to the side facing the Arabah to the north, and down to the Arabah;

  • Exod 17:8
    69%

    8Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.