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Numbers 20:14

EsauMosesEdomKadesh

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

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:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
KJV
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
WEB
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Your brother Israel says: You know all the travail that has happened to us;
ASV
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
DARBY
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,
BLB
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us,
ÅB
Fra Kades sendte Moses bud til Edoms konge og lot si: Så sier din bror Israel: Du vet hvor meget ondt vi har lidt.
OTB
Moses sendte bud fra Kadesj til kongen av Edom og sa: “Dette sier din bror Israel: Du kjenner til all den motgang som har rammet oss.
B1930
Fra Kades sendte Moses bud til Edoms konge og lot si: Så sier din bror Israel: Du vet hvor meget ondt vi har lidt.

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  • Judges 11:16–17

    But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

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  • Deuteronomy 23:7

    Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

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  • Genesis 32:3–4

    And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:4–25

    And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

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  • Obadiah 1:10–12

    For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

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  • Genesis 36:31–39

    And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

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  • Joshua 9:9

    And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

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  • Malachi 1:2

    I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

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