Numbers 20:18
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
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Gill's Exposition
And the children of Israel said unto him,.... The messengers sent by the children of Israel made answer to the king of Edom:
we will go by the highway; we desire no other favour but that of the…
We have here the application made by Israel to the Edomites. The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel now lay encamped was through the country of Edom. Now,
I. Moses sends ambassadors to…
Permission to pass through Edom refused.
The Edomites occupied territory to the south of the Dead Sea, westward as far as Kadesh (Num 20:20) and southward as far as the eastern arm of the Red Sea…