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Numbers 20:18
And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.
Numbers 20:18 · Bible in Basic English
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Numbers 20:18 in other translations
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
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In context
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians were cruel to us and to our fathers:
16 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now we are in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your land;
17 Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, till we have gone past the limits of your land.
18 And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take of your water, we will give you a price for it: only let us go through on our feet, nothing more.
20 But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great army.
21 So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
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