But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
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Gill's Exposition
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom,.... The history of which may be read in Num 20:14, &c.
saying, let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; the land of Edom, from the south to the…
Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deu 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with…
We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated…
Cambridge Bible
the wilderness … the Red Sea … Kadesh The route is generalized, perhaps from reminiscences of Num 14:25; Num 20:14 (JE), as Moore suggests. It is now generally held that Kadesh is to be identified…
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