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

Context
Edom Refuses Passage
17And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, we will not drink the waters of thy wells, but we will go by the common highway, neither turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we are past thy borders. 18And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.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.…
Cross References
Numbers 24:18
And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.

Numbers 20:19
And 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.

Lexicon
But Edom
אֱד֔וֹם (’ĕ·ḏō·wm)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 123: The name of a condiment

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

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

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

through our land,
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 6435: Removal, lest

or we will come out
אֵצֵ֥א (’ê·ṣê)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

and confront
לִקְרָאתֶֽךָ׃ (liq·rā·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7125: Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way

you with the sword.”
בַּחֶ֖רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword


Additional Translations
But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”And Edom said to him, You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword.

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

And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.

But Edom said to 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 through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.

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

Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you."

And Edom saith unto him, 'Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.'
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