14-16. 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. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-17" class="com-number"
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pericope/per-num-20-004
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological