Please 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.’”
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21The Victory over Sihon and Og Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
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.”
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.
21So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
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.
28Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,
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.”
16When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
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.
18Then Israel went through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory(the Arnon was Moab’s border).
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.”
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.
14Rejection by the Edomites Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom:“Thus says your brother Israel:‘You know all the hardships we have experienced,
15how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly.
16So when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country.
8He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”
9So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them.
19Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the LORD our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.
1The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab Then we turned and set out toward the wilderness on the way to the Red Sea just as the LORD told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
17The Leading of God When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said,“Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war.”
31Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.
32And if you come with us, it is certain that whatever good things the LORD will favor us with, we will share with you as well.”
14Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up.”
12But his master said to him,“We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
16The Results of Disobedience“(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.
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.”
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.
5Why have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!”
32We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”
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!”
3Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
4Fiery Serpents Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way.
40But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
5So they said,“If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River.”
6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’
14You must not say,‘No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy’s trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.’
27We must go on a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God, just as he is telling us.”
12Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”
10Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.
17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.
18We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.
20they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another.
22So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”