Verse 18
Numbers 20:18
Bible in Basic English
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And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the sword.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָי/ו֙ אֱד֔וֹם לֹ֥א תַעֲבֹ֖ר בִּ֑/י פֶּן בַּ/חֶ֖רֶב אֵצֵ֥א לִ/קְרָאתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And Edom said to me, "You shall not pass through me, lest the sword come out to meet you."
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Chapter 20 Context
1
In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tent...
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And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.
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3
And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came...
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Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle ther...
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Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vin...
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6
Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on t...
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7
And the Lord said to Moses,
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Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their e...
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9
And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders.
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10
Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give e...
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11
And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, a...
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12
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you had not enough faith in me to keep my name holy b...
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13
These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw...
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14
Then Moses sent men from Kadesh to the king of Edom to say to him, Your brother Israel says, You hav...
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15
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we were living in Egypt for a long time; and the Egyptians...
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16
And the Lord gave ear to the voice of our cry, and sent an angel and took us out of Egypt: and now w...
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17
Let us now go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the...
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18
And Edom said, You are not to go through my land, for if you do I will come out against you with the...
19
And the children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway: and if we or our cattle take o...
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20
But he said, You are not to go through. And Edom came out against them in his strength, with a great...
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21
So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
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22
And they went on from Kadesh, and came, with all their people, to Mount Hor.
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23
And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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24
Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the ch...
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So take Aaron and Eleazar, his son, up into Mount Hor;
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And take Aaron's robes off him and put them on Eleazar, his son: and death will come to Aaron there,...
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27
So Moses did as the Lord had said, and before the eyes of all the people they went up Mount Hor.
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And Moses took off Aaron's robes, and put them on Eleazar, his son; and there on the top of the moun...
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And when the people saw that Aaron was dead, all the children of Israel gave themselves up to weepin...
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