Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 20:14

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 20:14 - 20:14

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Numbers 20:14 - 20:14

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20:1 - 20:1
20:2 - 20:2
20:6 - 20:6
20:8 - 20:8
20:11 - 20:11
20:12 - 20:12
20:13 - 20:13
20:14 - 20:14
20:17 - 20:17
20:19 - 20:19
20:21 - 20:21
20:22 - 20:22
20:24 - 20:24
20:26 - 20:26
20:28 - 20:28
20:29 - 20:29

Moses sent messengers ... to the king of Edom - The encampment at Kadesh was on the confines of the Edomite territory, through which the Israelites would have had an easy passage across the Arabah by Wady-el-Ghuweir, so that they could have continued their course around Moab, and approached Palestine from the east [Roberts]. The Edomites, being the descendants of Esau and tracing their line of descent from Abraham as their common stock, were recognized by the Israelites as brethren, and a very brotherly message was sent to them.