Because Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through their country, Israel was forced to turn around.

这样，以东王不肯容以色列人从他的境界过去。于是他们转去，离开他。

这样，以东不肯让以色列穿越他的境内，以色列就转去，离开他了。

这样，以东不肯让以色列穿越他的境内，以色列就转去，离开他了。

由于无法从以东穿过，以色列人只好绕道。

这样，以东王不肯让以色列人从他的境内经过，以色列人就离开他去了。

這樣，以東王不肯容以色列人從他的境界過去。於是他們轉去，離開他。

這樣，以東不肯讓以色列穿越他的境內，以色列就轉去，離開他了。

這樣，以東不肯讓以色列穿越他的境內，以色列就轉去，離開他了。

由於無法從以東穿過，以色列人只好繞道。

這樣，以東王不肯讓以色列人從他的境內經過，以色列人就離開他去了。

這樣以東既不肯給以色列從他的地界經過，以色列就轉了方向、離開他們。

如是以東不許以色列族過其境、以色列族遂轉離之、○

不許過其地、故以色列族轉向他途。○

如是、以東人不容以色列人過其境、故以色列人離之、轉向他途、○

Since Edom refused to let them go through their territory, Israel turned away from them.

Edom refused to let Israel go through their territory. So Israel turned away from them.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.

Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; then Israel turned away from him.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

Edom refused to allow Israel to travel through their territory, and Israel turned away from them.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him.

“ Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern border and camped on the other side of the Arnon River. But they never once crossed the Arnon River into Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.’

You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the Lord our God gives us.

‘ Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields on either side.

“ Do not detest the Edomites or the Egyptians, because the Edomites are your relatives and you lived as foreigners among the Egyptians.

Give these orders to the people:“ You will pass through the country belonging to your relatives the Edomites, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. The Edomites will feel threatened, so be careful.Do not bother them, for I have given them all the hill country around Mount Seir as their property, and I will not give you even one square foot of their land.If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.For the Lord your God has blessed you in everything you have done. He has watched your every step through this great wilderness. During these forty years, the Lord your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.”’“ So we bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoided the road through the Arabah Valley that comes up from Elath and Ezion geber.“ Then as we turned north along the desert route through Moab,