how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
We have here the application made by Israel to the Edomites. The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel now lay encamped was through the country of Edom. Now, I. Moses sends ambassadors to treat with the king of Edom for leave to pass through his country, and gives them instructions what to say, Num 20:14-17. 1.
Commenting on Numbers 20:14-21
And when we cried unto the Lord,.... By reason of their bondage, and to be delivered from it, Exo 2:24, he heard our voice; their prayer to him, as the Targum of Jonathan, for help and deliverance, Exo 2:24, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt; one of the ministering angels, as the same Targum, and so Aben Ezra; though...
Num 20:14-17 Message of the Israelites to the King of Edom. - As Israel was about to start from Kadesh upon its march to Canaan, but wished to enter it from the east across the Jordan, and not from the south, where the steep and lofty mountain ranges presented obstacles which would have been difficult to overcome, if not quite insuperable, Moses sent messengers from...
Commenting on Numbers 20:14-17