Numbers 20:20
Good News Translation
The Edomites repeated, "We refuse!" and they marched out with a powerful army to attack the people of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large force, heavily armed.

Contemporary English Version
But the king insisted, "You can't go through our land!" Then Edom sent out its strongest troops

New American Bible
But Edom replied, “You shall not pass through,” and advanced against them with a large and heavily armed force.

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

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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,

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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.

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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.…
Cross References
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.

Numbers 20:19
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