Skip to content

Numbers 20:15

Numbers 20:15
How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And when we cried unto the Lord,.... By reason of their bondage, and to be delivered from it, Exo 2:24,

he heard our…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Numbers 20:14-21

We have here the application made by Israel to the Edomites. The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel now…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Numbers 20:14-21

Permission to pass through Edom refused.

The Edomites occupied territory to the south of the Dead Sea, westward as far…