“Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Numbers 20 contains 29 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.