Numbers 20:19
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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Referenced Verses
- Deut 2:6 : 6 You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.
- Deut 2:28 : 28 Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,
- Exod 12:38 : 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds– a very large number of cattle.
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- Num 20:17-182 verses85%
17 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.’”
18 But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”
- Num 21:21-222 verses82%
21 The 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.”
- Deut 2:27-293 verses82%
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.
28 Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,
29 just 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.”
- Num 20:20-212 verses81%
20 But he said,“You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.
21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
- Judg 11:16-194 verses76%
16 When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
17 Israel 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.
18 Then 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).
19 Israel 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.”
- 2 Kgs 3:8-92 verses75%
8 He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”
9 So 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.
- Gen 33:12-143 verses72%
12 Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”
13 But Jacob said to him,“My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.
14 Let 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.”
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6 You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.
- Exod 17:1-33 verses71%
1 Water at Massa and Meribah The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the wilderness of Sin according to the LORD’s instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink.
2 So the people contended with Moses, and they said,“Give us water to drink!” Moses said to them,“Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
3 But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said,“Why in the world did you bring us up from Egypt– to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?”
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6 I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel.
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8 So 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.
- Judg 19:19-202 verses70%
19 We 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.”
20 The 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.”
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16 And from there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the LORD spoke to Moses,“Gather the people and I will give them water.”
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19 They said,“An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!”
- Num 20:13-142 verses69%
13 These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the LORD, and his holiness was maintained among them.
14 Rejection 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,
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22 The Bitter Water Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the wilderness of Shur, walked for three days into the wilderness, and found no water.
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12 But his master said to him,“We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
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31 So 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:
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20 Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land.
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4 Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.
- Num 20:4-52 verses68%
4 Why have you brought up the LORD’s community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here?
5 Why 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!”
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22 So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
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40 But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
- Num 10:30-323 verses68%
30 But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”
31 Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.
32 And 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.”
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3 One of them said,“Please come along with your servants.” He replied,“All right, I’ll come.”
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21 They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’
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3 Go 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.”