Numbers 20:18
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...
by me . through me. "Me" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for "my country".
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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 d...
The Reader will recollect the relationship by nature between Israel and Edom. Israel sprung from Jacob, and Edom from Esau. One might have thought (s...
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 ; thr...
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...
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...
MOSES DISOBEDIENT BECAUSE PROVOKED (vs.1-13) Journeying again, the congregation came to the wilderness of ZIN and stopped at Kadesh, where Miriam...
Ambassadors Sent to Edom. B. C. 1452. ...
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...
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 th...
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:...
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...
Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border. A reasonable request, and an ungenerous refusal:-- I. A reasonable request. 1. Reaso...
EXPOSITION THE LAST MARCH : FROM KADESH TO HOR ( Numbers 20:1-4 ). Numbers 20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the w...
The Refusal of the Edomites to Grant Israel Passage.
And Edom, that is, the king of the Edomites, in the name of his people, said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with...
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.
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.