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Numbers 20:21

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

Numbers 20:21 · King James Version

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Numbers 20:21 in other translations

BSB Berean Standard Bible

So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

WEB World English Bible

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

NHEB New Heart English Bible

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

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18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 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.

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

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

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

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

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

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