Numbers 20:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallenb us: ”

Numbers 20:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. It appears from comparing Numbers 20:1 with Numbers 33:38 , that the host must have remained in Kadesh some three or four months. No doubt time was required for r...
Numbers 20:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of (i) Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: (i) Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, wh...
Numbers 20:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israels Abortive Appeal to Edom (JE). Israel's desire to cross Edom was due to the wish to attack Canaan on the E. instead of on the S., where they had met with defeat ( Numbers 14:45 ). As Kadesh...
Numbers 20:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

befallen us . "found us". Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
Numbers 20:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 . Thou knowest all the travel that hath befallen us. This preface was well calculated to conciliate favor, when the sons of Jacob, descended from the same blood, familiarly app...
Numbers 20:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: Sent messengers - unto the king of Edom - Archbishop Us...
Numbers 20:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Moses sent messengers— The kingdom of Edom, founded by the posterity of Esau, was originally governed by dukes; Genesis 36:15 but at this time it was governed by kings. The learned Usher is o...
Numbers 20:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: Moses sent messengers ... unto the king of Edom...
Numbers 20:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Death of Miriam. Murmuring at Meribah. Death of Aaron 1. Miriam dies while the people are at Kadesh (see on Numbers 13:21 ; Numbers 13:26 ). The first month is the first month of the fortieth ye...
Numbers 20:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh... — The date of the occurrence related in this and the following verses is not stated. It might be inferred frem Judges 11:16-17 that the message to the Kin...
Numbers 20:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH Numbers 20:1-29 THERE is a mustering at Kadesh of the scattered tribes, for now the end of the period of wandering approaches, and the generation that has been disc...
Numbers 20:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Edom Refuses Passage; Aaron Dies Numbers 20:14-28 It was an ungracious act on the part of the Edomites-descendants of Esau, Jacob's brother-to forbid the passage of the chosen people through th...
Numbers 20:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now reach the record of events at the close of the forty years. The people were again at Kadesh. Here Miriam died and was buried. A study of the district will show that perhaps the severest part o...
Numbers 20:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will recollect the relationship by nature between Israel and Edom. Israel sprung from Jacob, and Edom from Esau. One might have thought (speaking after the manner of men), that such affini...
Numbers 20:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom ,.... This country was sometimes governed by kings, and sometimes by "dukes", see Genesis 36:14 . At the time of the passage of the Israe...
Numbers 20:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: Ver. 14. Thus saith thy brother. ] "A brother is bor...
Numbers 20:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the travail All the wanderings and afflictions of our parents, and of us their children, which doubtless have come to thine ears.
Numbers 20:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOSES DISOBEDIENT BECAUSE PROVOKED (vs.1-13) Journeying again, the congregation came to the wilderness of ZIN and stopped at Kadesh, where Miriam died and was buried. The forty years of wandering...
Numbers 20:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ambassadors Sent to Edom. B. C. 1452. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto th...
Numbers 20:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Moses sent messengers, by God's direction, Deuteronomy 2:1-3 Thy brother; for was not Esau (who is Edom , Genesis 36:1 ) Jacob's brother ? Zechariah 1:2 . All the travel ; all the wan...
Numbers 20:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). The Appeal to Edom ( Numbers 20:14-21 ). The incident at Meribah was followed by an appeal to Edom to be allowed to use the King's Highway through their territory. Compare here Deuteronomy 2...
Numbers 20:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES We now enter upon the narrative of the third and last stage of the journey of Israel from Sinai to the Promised Land: this narrative is given in this and the following...
Numbers 20:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 20:1 . The desert of Zin. Critics are not agreed whether this was the same wilderness, and the same Kadesh to which the people arrived on the eighth journey after leaving Egypt. The argume...
Numbers 20:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. A reasonable request, and an ungenerous refusal:-- I. A reasonable request. 1. Reasonable in itself. 2. Urged by forcible reasons....
Numbers 20:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE LAST MARCH : FROM KADESH TO HOR ( Numbers 20:1-4 ). Numbers 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation. The latter words are emphatic...
Numbers 20:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, since the plan of entering into Canaan from the east made it necessary for the people to pass through the country inhabited by the descend...
Numbers 20:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 2:4-25 ; Deuteronomy 23:7 ; Exodus 18:8 ; Genesis 32:3 ; Genesis 32:4 ; Judges 11:16 ; Judges 11:17 ; Malachi 1:2 ; Obadiah 1:10-12
Numbers 20:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

All the travel — All the wanderings and afflictions of our parents and of us their children, which doubtless have come to thine ears.

Numbers 20:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 20:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 20:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 20:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 20:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 20:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 20:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 20:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 20:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 20:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes