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Numbers 20:16 KJV
Numbers · chapter 20 · verse 16
And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:Numbers 20:16 · King James Version
Numbers 20:16 in context
14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- KadeshQâdêshKadesh, a place in the DesertH6946 →
- criedtsâʻaqto shriekH6817 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- angelmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
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We have here the application made by Israel to the Edomites. The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel now lay encamped was through the country of Edom. Now, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21