World English Bible
Numbers 20:21
“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.”
Verse in context — Numbers 20
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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.
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He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
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Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
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They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
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Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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