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Numbers 20:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Numbers 20:18

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16 When we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.

17 “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away 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 your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, 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.

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Numbers 21:22

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"“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or 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.”"

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Judges 11:17

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"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 refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh."

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Numbers 14:43

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"For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you will fall by the sword because you turned back from following the LORD; therefore the LORD will not be with you.”"

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Deuteronomy 1:42

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"The LORD said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies.’”"

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Deuteronomy 2:5

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"Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any 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."

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1 Maccabees 5:48

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"Judas sent to them with words of peace, saying, “We will pass through your land to go into our own land, and no one will harm you. We will only pass by on our feet.” But they wouldn’t open to him."

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Numbers 20:1

"The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there."

Numbers 20:2

"There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron."

Numbers 20:3

"The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!"

Numbers 20:4

"Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?"

Numbers 20:5

"Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.”"

Numbers 20:6

"Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. The LORD’s glory appeared to them."

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