Numbers 20:21 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.”

Numbers 20:21

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And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without {doing} any thing {else}, go through on my feet.

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

And the children of Israel, {even} the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

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Numbers 20:1

"Then came the children of Israel, {even} the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there."

Numbers 20:2

"And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron."

Numbers 20:3

"And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!"

Numbers 20:4

"And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?"

Numbers 20:5

"And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto 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

"And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them."

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