Numbers 20:18

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But Edom answered, "You shall not pass through my land, or I will come out against you with the sword."

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  • Num 20:19-21
    3 verses
    92%

    19The Israelites replied, "We will travel along the highway, and if we or our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We only ask to pass through on foot."

    20But Edom insisted, "You may not pass through." And Edom came out against them with a large, strong force.

    21Since Edom refused to let Israel pass through its territory, Israel turned away from them.

  • Num 20:17
    87%

    17Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through any field or vineyard, nor will we drink water from any well. We will travel along the King's Highway and not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.

  • Judg 11:16-19
    4 verses
    82%

    16For when they came up from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and arrived at Kadesh.

    17Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18Then they journeyed through the wilderness, went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab. They camped on the other side of the Arnon but did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

    19Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who was king of Heshbon, and said to him, 'Let us pass through your land to our destination.'

  • Num 21:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

    22'Let us pass through your land. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, nor drink water from any well. We will travel along the King’s Highway until we pass through your territory.'

    23But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness; he came to Jahaz and fought with Israel.

  • Deut 2:27-30
    4 verses
    78%

    27'Let me pass through your land. I will travel only on the road and will turn neither to the right nor to the left.

    28You can sell me food for silver so that I may eat, and give me water for silver so that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot—

    29as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me—until I cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.'

    30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through his land, for the LORD your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, so that He might deliver him into your hands, as has now happened.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    78%

    8Jehoram asked, "Which route shall we take?" And Jehoshaphat answered, "Through the wilderness of Edom."

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8So we passed by our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and we turned from the road through the Arabah, bypassing Elath and Ezion-geber. Then we moved on and journeyed along the wilderness road of Moab.

    9The LORD said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land as a possession. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'

  • Deut 2:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4And he commanded the people, saying, ‘You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so be very careful.

    5Do not provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you even a footstep of their land, because I have given Mount Seir as a possession to Esau.'

  • Num 20:14
    73%

    14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "This is what your brother Israel says: You know about all the hardship that has come upon us.

  • Gen 33:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14'Let my lord go ahead of his servant; I will move at a gentle pace as the livestock and children are able to go until I come to my lord in Seir.'

    15Esau said, 'Let me leave some of my men with you.' But Jacob replied, 'Why do that? If I have found favor in your eyes, let it be as it is.'

  • Deut 2:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17the LORD spoke to me, saying,

    18'Today you are to cross the border of Moab at Ar.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    72%

    26When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took seven hundred men with swords to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

  • Num 24:18
    72%

    18Edom will become a possession; Seir, his enemy, will also be a possession. But Israel will grow strong.

  • Gen 33:12
    72%

    12'Let us get started on our journey,' Esau said, 'and I will go along with you.'

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    72%

    10'But now, here are the men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose land you would not let Israel invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.'

  • Jer 49:17
    71%

    17Edom will become a desolation; everyone who passes by her will be appalled and hiss because of all her wounds.

  • Jer 25:21
    71%

    21Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    71%

    20In Jehoram's time, Edom rebelled against Judah's control and set up their own king.

  • Exod 13:17
    71%

    17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the country of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, 'If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.'

  • 2 Chr 25:19
    71%

    19You say to yourself that you have defeated Edom, and now you are arrogant and proud. But stay at home! Why provoke disaster so that you and Judah will fall?

  • Ezek 25:12
    70%

    12This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Edom acted in revenge against the house of Judah and committed great guilt by taking vengeance on them,

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
    70%

    20The next morning, at the time of the offering, water came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.

  • Num 21:4
    70%

    4They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient along the way.

  • Gen 32:17
    70%

    17He placed each herd in the care of his servants, and he instructed them, 'Go ahead of me and keep some distance between the herds.'

  • Ps 60:9
    70%

    9Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my scepter.

  • Deut 1:40
    70%

    40But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by way of the Red Sea.

  • Ps 108:10
    70%

    10Moab is my washbasin; over Edom I cast my sandal; over Philistia I will shout in triumph.

  • Josh 18:18
    70%

    18The boundary continued to the northern slope opposite the Arabah and went down into the Arabah.

  • Exod 17:8
    69%

    8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.