Numbers 20:21
“Thus Edom refused to giue Israel passage thorow his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.”
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Numbers 20:21 Context
19And the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe by the high-way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will onely (without doing any thing else) go thorow on my feet. 20And he said, Thou shalt not goe thorow. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21Thus Edom refused to giue Israel passage thorow his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22¶ And the children of Israel, euen the whole Congregation, iourneyed from Kadesh, and came vnto mount Hor. 23And the Lord spake vnto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying;
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Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- King James Version
Thus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So Edom would not let Israel go through his land; and Israel went in another direction.
- Basic English Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him.
- Darby Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- Webster's Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
- World English Bible
and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible