Numbers 20:18 But Edom answered: "You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword."

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
But Edom answered: "You may not pass through here; if you try, we will march out and attack you with the sword."

English Standard Version
But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.”

New American Standard Bible
Edom, however, said to him, "You shall not pass through us, or I will come out with the sword against you."

King James Bible
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Edom answered him, "You must not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.""

International Standard Version
But Edom replied, "You are not to pass through my land. If you do, I'll come out and start a war with you."

American Standard Version
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.

Darby Bible Translation
But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

Young's Literal Translation
And Edom saith unto him, 'Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.'

Cross References

Numbers 24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

Numbers 20:19
And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of your water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

20:14-21 The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel encamped, was through the country of Edom. The ambassadors who were sent returned with a denial. The Edomites feared to receive damage by the Israelites. And had this numerous army been under any other discipline than that of the righteous God himself, there might have been cause for this jealousy. But Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing; and now the hatred revived, when the blessing was about to be inherited. We must not think it strange, if reasonable requests be denied by unreasonable men, and if those whom God favours be affronted by men.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. we will go by the king's highway—probably Wady-el-Ghuweir [Roberts], through which ran one of the great lines of road, constructed for commercial caravans, as well as for the progress of armies. The engineering necessary for carrying them over marshes or mountains, and the care requisite for protecting them from the shifting sands, led to their being under the special care of the state. Hence the expression, "the king's highway," which is of great antiquity.