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18 Then Edom said to him, “You will not pass through us[a] lest we will go out[b] to meet you with the sword.” 19 The Israelites[c] said to him, “We will go up on the main road, and if we[d] and our livestock[e] drink your water, we will pay for it.[f] It is only a small matter; let us pass through on our feet.”[g] 20 But he said, “You will not go through.” And Edom went out to meet them[h] with a large army and a strong hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:18 Hebrew “me”
  2. Numbers 20:18 Hebrew “I will go out”
  3. Numbers 20:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  4. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I”
  5. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “my livestock”
  6. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I will give their worth”
  7. Numbers 20:19 Hebrew “I will go through on my feet”
  8. Numbers 20:20 Hebrew “him”