Numbers 20:20

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

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  • Judg 11:17 : 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
  • Obad 1:10-15 : 10 For thy violence against thy brother Jac shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
  • Gen 32:6 : 6 And the messenrs returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
  • Num 20:18 : 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
  • Judg 11:20 : 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
  • Ps 120:7 : 7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
  • Ezek 35:5-9 : 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 7 Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. 8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. 9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 10 Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: 11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:17-19
    3 verses
    92%

    17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

    18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

    19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

  • Num 20:21-23
    3 verses
    90%

    21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

    22And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

    23And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

  • Judg 11:16-19
    4 verses
    79%

    16But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

    17Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

    18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

    19And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    77%

    8And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

  • Num 21:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

    23And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • Deut 2:27-30
    4 verses
    74%

    27Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

    28Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

    29(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

    30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God harned his spirit, and ma his heart obstinate, that he might liver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

  • Deut 2:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilrness of Moab.

    9And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

  • Num 20:14
    73%

    14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

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

    10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

    11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

  • Deut 2:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

    5Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    72%

    20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    72%

    26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • Jer 25:21
    72%

    21Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • Num 21:4
    72%

    4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

    18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

  • Deut 1:40
    70%

    40But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilrness by the way of the Red sea.

  • 2 Chr 25:20
    70%

    20But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.

  • Exod 10:20
    70%

    20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

  • Exod 13:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

    18But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 3:19
    70%

    19And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

  • 2 Kgs 3:20
    69%

    20And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

  • Num 10:30
    69%

    30And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

  • Gen 33:12
    69%

    12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.

  • Deut 2:1
    69%

    1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilrness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

  • Ps 60:9
    69%

    9Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

  • Jer 49:17
    69%

    17Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

  • Gen 33:14
    69%

    14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

  • Exod 13:20
    69%

    20And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

  • 1 Chr 16:20
    69%

    20And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;

  • Deut 2:18
    69%

    18Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:

  • Ps 108:10
    68%

    10Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?