Numbers 20:21

World English Bible (2000)

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

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  • Judg 11:18 : 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the 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 to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh 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 lived as a foreigner in his land.
  • Deut 2:4-8 : 4 Command the people, saying, 'You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore; 5 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. 6 You shall purchase food of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.'" 7 For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yahweh your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. 8 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah 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 turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
  • Judg 11:24 : 24 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed 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 land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border."

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

    19 The children of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then will I give its price: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet."

    20 He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

  • Judg 11:16-20
    5 verses
    83%

    16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

    17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let me pass through your land;' but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel stayed in Kadesh.

    18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

    19 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, 'Please let us pass through your land to my place.'

    20 But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

  • Num 20:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

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

  • Num 21:4
    77%

    4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

  • Deut 2:8
    76%

    8 So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah 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 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

    22 "Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border."

    23 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 came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 He said, "Which way shall we go up?" He answered, "The way of 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. There was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    74%

    10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;

  • Num 20:14
    74%

    14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: "Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to 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 to me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us."

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

  • Deut 2:27
    73%

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

  • Jer 25:21
    72%

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

  • Deut 2:1
    72%

    1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days.

  • Deut 1:40
    72%

    40 But as for you, turn, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to 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 Command the people, saying, 'You are to pass through the border of your brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you: take good heed to yourselves therefore;

    5 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

  • Num 33:37
    71%

    37 They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

  • Num 24:18
    71%

    18 Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

  • Deut 4:21
    70%

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

  • 2 Chr 21:10
    70%

    10 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.

  • Exod 13:17
    70%

    17 It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    70%

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

  • Exod 13:20
    70%

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

  • Num 21:13
    69%

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

  • 2 Chr 21:8
    69%

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

  • Gen 35:21
    69%

    21 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

  • Num 21:31
    69%

    31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.

  • Jer 49:17
    69%

    17 Edom shall become an astonishment: everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all its plagues.

  • Deut 3:26
    69%

    26 But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, "Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.