Numbers 20:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Judg 11:17 : 17 Then 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.
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.
  • Obad 1:10-15 : 10 Because you were the cause of violent death and because of your cruel behaviour to your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and will be cut off for ever. 11 Because you were there watching when men from other lands took away his goods, and strange men came into his doors, and put the fate of Jerusalem to the decision of chance; you were like one of them. 12 Do not see with pleasure your brother's evil day, the day of his fate, and do not be glad over the children of Judah on the day of their destruction, or make wide your mouth on the day of trouble. 13 Do not go into the doors of my people on the day of their downfall; do not be looking on their trouble with pleasure on the day of their downfall, or put your hands on their goods on the day of their downfall. 14 And do not take your place at the cross-roads, cutting off those of his people who get away; and do not give up to their haters those who are still there in the day of trouble. 15 For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
  • Gen 32:6 : 6 When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.
  • Num 20:18 : 18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.
  • Judg 11:20 : 20 But Sihon would not give way and let Israel go through his land; and Sihon got together all his people, and put his army in position in Jahaz, and made war on Israel.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am for peace: but when I say so, they are for war.
  • Ezek 35:5-9 : 5 Because yours has been a hate without end, and you have given up the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their trouble, in the time of the punishment of the end: 6 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have been sinning through blood, blood will come after you. 7 And I will make Mount Seir a cause for wonder and a waste, cutting off from it all comings and goings. 8 I will make his mountains full of those who have been put to death; in your valleys and in all your water-streams men will be falling by the sword. 9 I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord. 10 Because you have said, The two nations and the two countries are to be mine, and we will take them for our heritage; though the Lord was there: 11 For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, I will do to you as you have done in your wrath and in your envy, which you have made clear in your hate for them; and I will make clear to you who I am when you are judged by me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:17-19
    3 verses
    92%

    17 Let 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.

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

    19 And 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.

  • Num 20:21-23
    3 verses
    90%

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

    22 And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.

    23 And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

  • Judg 11:16-19
    4 verses
    79%

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

    17 Then 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.

    18 Then 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.

    19 And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    77%

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

  • Num 21:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22 Let 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.

    23 And 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
    74%

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

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

    29 As 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.

    30 But 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.

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 So 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.

    9 And 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.

  • Num 20:14
    73%

    14 Then 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;

  • 2 Chr 20:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 And 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:

    11 See now, how as our reward they have come to send us out of your land which you have given us as our heritage.

  • Deut 2:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 And 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:

    5 Make 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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    72%

    26 And 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.

  • Jer 25:21
    72%

    21 Edom and Moab and the children of Ammon,

  • Num 21:4
    72%

    4 Then 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.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

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

  • Deut 1:40
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 25:20
    70%

    20 But Amaziah gave no attention; and this was the purpose of God, so that he might give them up into the hands of Joash, because they had gone after the gods of Edom.

  • Exod 10:20
    70%

    20 But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 13:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 Now 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.

    18 But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 3:19
    70%

    19 And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
    69%

    20 Now 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 10:30
    69%

    30 But he said, I will not go with you, I will go back to the land of my birth and to my relations.

  • Gen 33:12
    69%

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

  • Deut 2:1
    69%

    1 Then we went back, journeying into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea, as the Lord had said to me: and we were a long time going round Mount Seir.

  • Ps 60:9
    69%

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

  • Jer 49:17
    69%

    17 And 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.

  • Gen 33:14
    69%

    14 Do 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.

  • Exod 13:20
    69%

    20 Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.

  • 1 Chr 16:20
    69%

    20 When they went about from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people;

  • Deut 2:18
    69%

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

  • Ps 108:10
    68%

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