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Numbers 20:18
Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.”
Numbers 20:18 · World English Bible
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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 lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers.
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.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
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