Deuteronomy 2:28

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Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 20:19 : 19 Then the Israelites said to him,“We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”

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  • Deut 2:4-6
    3 verses
    84%

    4Instruct these people as follows:‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.

    5Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.

    6You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.

  • 27“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.

  • Num 20:17-20
    4 verses
    82%

    17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”

    18But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”

    19Then the Israelites said to him,“We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”

    20But he said,“You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.

  • 29just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the LORD our God is giving us.”

  • 22“Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

  • 72%

    16But he replied,“I can’t go back with you. I am not allowed to eat food or to drink water with you in this place.

    17For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • 1 Kgs 13:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8But the prophet said to the king,“Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I would not go with you. I am not allowed to eat food or drink water in this place.

    9For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”

  • 8So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the route of the rift valley which comes up from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the wilderness of Moab.

  • Gen 33:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

    15So Esau said,“Let me leave some of my men with you.”“Why do that?” Jacob replied.“My lord has already been kind enough to me.”

  • 17Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,“Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

  • 31So Laban asked,“What should I give you?”“You don’t need to give me a thing,” Jacob replied,“but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them:

  • 19Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him,“Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”

  • Gen 18:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3He said,“My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.

    4Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

    5And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.”“All right,” they replied,“you may do as you say.”

  • 31But Jacob replied,“First sell me your birthright.”

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    18The Levite said to him,“We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. But no one has invited me into their home.

    19We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.”

    20The old man said,“Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don’t spend the night in the town square.”

  • 24I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me– Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre– let them take their share.”

  • 33When food was served, he said,“I will not eat until I have said what I want to say.”“Tell us,” Laban said.

  • 20Then Jacob made a vow, saying,“If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear,

  • 12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”

  • 9Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”

  • 31Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.

  • 9a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

  • 28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”

  • 25Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River– this good hill country and the Lebanon!”

  • 18“Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.

  • 8He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”

  • 14Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives.

  • 2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • 7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • 6We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”