The Israelites, without awaiting at Kadesh the return of their ambassador, commenced their eastward march. At the news of their approach the Edomit…

And he said, you shall not go through
Which is an absolute and peremptory denial:

and Edom came o…

The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel encamped was through the country of Edom. The ambassadors who were sent returned with a denia…