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Text -- Numbers 20:14-21 (NET)

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Rejection by the Edomites
20:14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardships we have experienced, 20:15 how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. 20:16 So when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country. 20:17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’” 20:18 But Edom said to him, “You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.” 20:19 Then the Israelites said to him, “We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.” 20:20 But he said, “You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force. force. 20:21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Edom resident(s) of the region of Edom
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Egyptians descendants of Mizraim
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Kadesh an oasis 100 km south of Gaza & 120 km NNW of Ezion-Geber, where Israel made an encampment
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law


Dictionary Themes and Topics: OBADIAH, BOOK OF | MOSES | PENTATEUCH, 2B | PENTATEUCH, 3 | Israel | JEPHTHAH | NUMBERS, BOOK OF | Meribah | Edom | AARON | Exodus | Edomites | EDOM, IDUMAEA OR IDUMEA | Inhospitableness | Angel | AMBASSADOR | KADESH-BARNEA | PASS, PASSAGE, PASSENGER | EDOM; EDOMITES | BROTHER | more
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NET Notes: Num 20:14 Heb “found.”

NET Notes: Num 20:15 The verb רָעַע (ra’a’) means “to act or do evil.” Evil here is in the sense of causing pain or t...

NET Notes: Num 20:16 Heb “your border.”

NET Notes: Num 20:17 Heb “borders.”

NET Notes: Num 20:18 Heb “to meet.”

NET Notes: Num 20:19 The Hebrew text uses singular pronouns, “I” and “my,” but it is the people of Israel that are intended, and so it may be rende...

NET Notes: Num 20:20 Heb “with many [heavy] people and with a strong hand.” The translation presented above is interpretive, but that is what the line means. I...

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