Numbers 20:20
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But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand,

Judges 11:17
And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who, likewise, refused to give him passage. He abode, therefore, in Cades,

Numbers 20:21
Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him.

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But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand,

thou shalt

Numbers 20:18 And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.

Genesis 27:41 Esau therefore always hated Jacob, for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning for my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.

Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: We came to Esau, thy brother, and behold he cometh with speed to meet thee with four hundred men.

Judges 11:17,20 And he sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying: Suffer me to pass through thy land. But he would not condescend to his request. He sent also to the king of Moab, who, likewise, refused to give him passage. He abode, therefore, in Cades, . . .

Psalm 120:7 With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

Ezekiel 35:5-11 Because thou hast been an everlasting enemy, and hast shut up the children of Israel in the hands of the sword in the time of their affliction, in the time of their last iniquity. . . .

Amos 1:11 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and hath carried on his fury, and hath kept his wrath to the end.

and Edom

Obadiah 1:10-15 And thy valiant men of the south shall be afraid, that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau. . . .

Context
Edom Refuses Passage
19And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just: there shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us pass speedily. 20But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a strong hand,21Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned another way from him.…
Lexicon
But Edom
אֱדוֹם֙ (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 123: The name of a condiment

insisted,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“You may not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

pass through.”
תַעֲבֹ֑ר (ṯa·‘ă·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

And they came out
וַיֵּצֵ֤א (way·yê·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to confront [the Israelites]
לִקְרָאת֔וֹ (liq·rā·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

with a large
כָּבֵ֖ד (kā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3515: Heavy

army
בְּעַ֥ם (bə·‘am)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

and a strong
חֲזָקָֽה׃ (ḥă·zā·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2389: Strong, stout, mighty

hand.
וּבְיָ֥ד (ū·ḇə·yāḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand


Additional Translations
But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.And he said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

He said, "You shall not pass through." Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.

And he saith, 'Thou dost not pass over;' and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand;
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