Numbers 20:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Numbers 20:18 - 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 20:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

by me . through me. "Me" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for "my country".
Numbers 20:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Numbers 20:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Numbers 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Edom said unto him ,.... The king of Edom replied to Israel, represented by the messengers sent in their name: thou shall not pass by me ; through my country: lest I come out against thee wi...
Numbers 20:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. Ver. 18. Thou shalt not pass. ] As fearing what so great an army once got in might do; they are not...
Numbers 20:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

By me Through my country: I will not suffer thee to do so; which was an act of policy, to secure themselves from so numerous a host. Said That is, their messengers replied what here follows.
Numbers 20:18 - 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 20:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ambassadors Sent to Edom. B. C. 1452. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto th...
Numbers 20:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Through my country, as thou desirest; I will not suffer time to do so: which was an act of common policy to secure themselves from so numerous a host.
Numbers 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - 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 20:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Refusal of the Edomites to Grant Israel Passage.
Numbers 20:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 20:18
Numbers 20:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

By me — Through my country: I will not suffer thee to do so: which was an act of policy, to secure themselves from so numerous an host.

Numbers 20:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 20:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 20:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 20:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 20:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 20:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 20:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 20:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 20:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 20:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 20:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes