then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab, but he refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh.
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then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let me pass through your land;’ but the king of Edom didn’t listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab, but he refused; so Israel stayed in Kadesh.
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Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
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then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not; and Israel abode in Kadesh.
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Passages linked to Judges 11:17 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 20:1 The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 20:14-21 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; how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers. When we cried to Yahweh, 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. “Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.” Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.” The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.” He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.
- Deuteronomy 2:4-9 Command the people, saying, ‘You are to pass through the border of your brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Therefore be careful. Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’ ” For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing. So we passed by from our brothers, the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- Deuteronomy 2:29 as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me; until I pass over the Jordan into the land which Yahweh our God gives us.”
- Joshua 24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 11:17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king…
Jdg 11:17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken [thereto]. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not [consent]: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Ver. 17. Then Israel sent messengers.] Apologies in some cases are very necessary - if not vocal, yet real - to stop an open mouth, and clear up our innocency.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Peaceably, and did not revenge their unkindness and inhumanity,…
Peaceably, and did not revenge their unkindness and inhumanity, as they could have done.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then they went along the wilderness,.... The wilderness of…
Then they went along the wilderness,.... The wilderness of Paran, which lay along the borders of Edom; they went, according to Jarchi, from the west to the east on the south border of Edom and Moab:
and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab; all the south of the land of Edom, and all the south of the land of Moab; towards the sunrising, as in Num 21:11.
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and pitched on the other side of Arnon; the river Arnon, which, according to Jarchi, was at the east end of the land of Moab, where began the country of Sihon and Og:
but came not within the border of Moab; so far were they from attempting to take away any part of that land from the king of it, though ill treated by him:
for Arnon was the border of Moab; which divided between Moab and the Amorites, Num 21:13.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Abode - Peaceably, and did not revenge their unkindness…
Abode - Peaceably, and did not revenge their unkindness as they could have done.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Moab. This is not specified by Moses, but he…
Moab. This is not specified by Moses, but he sufficiently insinuates that he had done it, Deuteronomy ii. 8, 9. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 17. In like manner they sent unto the king…
17. In like manner they sent unto the king of Moab — This fact is not recorded in the Pentateuch along with the other facts here mentioned, for it was a matter of comparatively little moment with Moses to record the refusal of Moab after he had mentioned that of Edom, but it was important for the purpose of Jephthah’s argument.
Some have wondered why so much is here said about Moab in a message to the king of Ammon; but it should be noticed that as Jephthah, who really represented only the eastern tribes of Israel, speaks as the representative of all Israel, so the king of Ammon represents the children of Lot.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 17. Abbreviated from Num_20:14-18 JE. Edom lay to the…
17. Abbreviated from Num_20:14-18 JE. Edom lay to the S. and S.E. of Palestine. There is no mention elsewhere of the embassy to Moab.
Let me, I pray thee] The nation as a whole is personified, a not uncommon idiom; cf. Jdg_11:12, Jdg_20:23, Num_20:18 etc. In Jdg_11:19, Num_20:17; Num_20:19 the plur. and sing, interchange.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (17) Unto the king of Edom.—As narrated in Num_20:14,…
(17) Unto the king of Edom.—As narrated in Num_20:14, seq. Even if Jephthah had no written documents before him to which he could refer, the events which he recounts were not so distant as to have been forgotten.
Unto the king of Moab.—This is not recorded in the Pentateuch, but the Israelites did not enter the territory of Moab (Deu_2:9; Deu_2:36). The Arnon bounded Moab from the Amorites (Num_21:13), and Israel encamped upon its banks.
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Abode in Kadesh.—“Many days” (Deu_2:1). Probably they were encamped at Kadesh during a great part of the forty years (Deu_2:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom,…
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I Pray thee, pass through thy land. (country in A.V Num_20:17) The words in italics are found in Num_20:14, Num_20:17. And Israel abode in Kadesh. These words are in Num_20:1; see also Deu_1:46. The king of Edom would not hearken. This is related in substance in Num_20:18-21. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab. There is no mention of this in the Mosaic narrative. The knowledge of it must have been preserved either by tradition or in some other now lost writings; perhaps in the Book of the Wars of the. (Num_21:14) It is in itself very probable that such a message should have been sent to the king of Moab, whose territories Israel was forbidden to meddle with. (Deu_2:9, Deu_2:19)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Jephthah's messengers continue to speak.
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When Israel sent messengers
The messengers were sent by the leaders of Israel. AT: "When the leaders of Israel sent messengers" (See: Synecdoche)
pass through
"go through" or "cross"
would not listen
This phrase is an idiom that means to "refuse." AT: "refused" or "denied their request" (See: Idiom)
They also sent messengers to the king of Moab
The reason that Israel sent messengers to the king of Moab can be made explicit. AT: "They also send messengers to the king of Moab with the same request" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
but he refused
The king of Moab refused Israel's request to pass through Moab. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "but he also refused and would not let them pass through the land of Moab" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Arnon
This is the name of a river. See how you translated this in Judges 11:13.
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Israel
messenger
king
Edom
Moab
Kadesh
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