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Numbers 20:16

EgyptKadesh
God's presenceSalvation

14 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,

15 how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,

and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

18 But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”

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BSB
and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.
KJV
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:
WEB
When we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border.
ASV
and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
DARBY
and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border.
BLB
and we cried out to YHWH, and He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us up out of Egypt. And here we [are] in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
ÅB
Da ropte vi til Herren, og han hørte vår bønn og sendte en engel og førte oss ut av Egypt. Og nå er vi her i byen Kades like ved grensen av ditt land.
OTB
men da vi ropte til Herren, hørte han vår røst og sendte en engel og førte oss ut av Egypt. Nå er vi i Kadesj, en by på kanten av ditt område.
B1930
Da ropte vi til Herren, og han hørte vår bønn og sendte en engel og førte oss ut av Egypten. Og nu er vi her i byen Kades like ved grensen av ditt land.

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  • Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

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  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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  • Exodus 23:20

    Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

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  • Exodus 3:2–9

    There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

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  • Exodus 2:23–24

    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

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  • Exodus 6:5

    Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.

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  • Exodus 14:10

    As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.

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