Numbers 20:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

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  • Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
  • Deut 2:29 : 29 (as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.
  • Deut 23:7 : 7 You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land.
  • Deut 2:4-8 : 4 And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you; take good heed to yourselves therefore. 5 Do not meddle with them; for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot's breadth, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. 6 You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink. 7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands; He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren, the children of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath and from Ezion-geber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
  • Deut 2:27 : 27 Let me pass through your land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Judg 11:24 : 24 Will you not possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever the LORD our God drives out from before us, them will we possess.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 20:17-20
    4 verses
    90%

    17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."

    18 But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."

    19 So the children of Israel said to him, "We will go by the highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, without doing anything else."

    20 Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.

  • Judg 11:16-20
    5 verses
    83%

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

    17 Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not listen. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18 Then they went through the wilderness, and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of Arnon, but did not enter the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

    19 And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place.

    20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his territory: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and camped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • Num 20:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

    23 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,

  • Num 21:4
    77%

    4 And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Deut 2:8
    76%

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

  • Num 21:21-23
    3 verses
    76%

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

    22 Let me pass through your 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 highway, until we have passed your borders.

    23 But Sihon would not allow 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.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

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

    9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army and the cattle that followed them.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    74%

    10 And now, see, the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them;

  • Num 20:14
    74%

    14 Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

  • Deut 2:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 (as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir and the Moabites who dwell in Ar did unto me) until I cross over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us.

    30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as appears this day.

  • Deut 2:27
    73%

    27 Let me pass through your land; I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left.

  • Jer 25:21
    72%

    21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon,

  • Deut 2:1
    72%

    1 Then we turned and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke unto me; and we circled Mount Seir many days.

  • Deut 1:40
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 8:20
    72%

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

  • Deut 2:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4 And command the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brethren, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you; take good heed to yourselves therefore.

    5 Do not meddle with them; for I will not give you any of their land, not even a foot's breadth, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.

  • Num 33:37
    71%

    37 They moved from Kadesh, and camped in Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

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

  • Deut 4:21
    70%

    21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go into that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance:

  • 2 Chr 21:10
    70%

    10 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. At the same time, Libnah also revolted from under his rule because he had abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers.

  • Exod 13:17
    70%

    17 And 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 perhaps the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    70%

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

  • Exod 13:20
    70%

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

  • Num 21:13
    69%

    13 From there they moved, and camped on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the borders of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

  • 2 Chr 21:8
    69%

    8 In his days, the Edomites revolted from under Judah's rule and set up a king of their own.

  • Gen 35:21
    69%

    21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

  • Num 21:31
    69%

    31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

  • Jer 49:17
    69%

    17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

  • Deut 3:26
    69%

    26 But the LORD was angry with me for your sakes and would not hear me; and the LORD said to me: Enough! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.