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Numbers 20:21
So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
Numbers 20:21 · Bible in Basic English
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Numbers 20:21 in other translations
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
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In context
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.
22 And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.
23 And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
24 Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.
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