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19 The Israelites[a] said to him, “We will go up on the main road, and if we[b] and our livestock[c] drink your water, we will pay for it.[d] It is only a small matter; let us pass through on our feet.”[e] 20 But he said, “You will not go through.” And Edom went out to meet them[f] with a large army and a strong hand. 21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned aside from him.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I”
  3. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “my livestock”
  4. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I will give their worth”
  5. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I will go through on my feet”
  6. Numbers 20:20 Hebrew “him”