Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his country,....
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Numbers 20:21
Numbers 20:21
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Numbers 20 — OverviewNumbers 20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAt this chapter begins the history of the fortieth year (which was the
last year) of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness. And since
the beginning of their second year, when they were sentenced to perform…Numbers 20 — OverviewNumbers 20 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNumbers 20:1, The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dies; Numbers 20:2, They murmur for want of water; Numbers 20:7, Moses smiting the rock, brings forth water at Meribah; Numbers 20:14, Moses at Kadesh…Numbers 20 — OverviewNumbers 20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter is an account of the children of Israel coming to the wilderness of Zin, where Miriam died, and where wanting water they murmured, Nu 20:1, upon which Moses and Aaron applied to the Lord, who ordered…Numbers 20:14-21Numbers 20:14-21 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe 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 treat with…Numbers 20:21Numbers 20:21 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgerefused: Deuteronomy 2:27, Deuteronomy 2:29
wherefore: Deuteronomy 2:4-8, Deuteronomy 23:7; Judges 11:18, Judges 11:24