Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Refused
Wherefore
Bible References
Refused
Deuteronomy 2:27
"Let me pass through your territory. I'll stay on the main road. I won't turn to the right or left.
Wherefore
Deuteronomy 2:4
and command this people, "You are about to pass through the territory of your relatives, the descendants of Esau who live around Seir. They will be afraid of you so be very careful.
Deuteronomy 23:7
Don't detest Edomites, since they are related to you. Don't detest Egyptians, either, because you were strangers in their land.
Judges 11:18
"But the king of Edom wouldn't listen. So they also sent word to the king of Moab, but he wouldn't consent, either. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. Then they went through the desert, circumventing the territory belonging to Edom and Moab. They encamped on the other side of the Arnon River, but never entered the territory of Moab because the Arnon River is the border of Moab.