17 and Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, march through thy land; but the king of Edom did not consent. They sent also to the king of Moab; but the king of Moab did not consent. So after halting at Kades,
Judges 11:17 Cross References - Thomson
Numbers 20:1
1 When the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, the people took up their abode at Kades; and there Mariam died, and there she was buried.
Numbers 20:14-21
14 Then Moses sent messengers from Kades, to the king of Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us.
15 Our fathers went down in 16 to Egypt, and we have sojourned in Egypt many years. And when the Egyptians ill treated us and our fathers,
16 we cried to the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to our voice; and having sent a messenger he hath brought us out of Egypt, and we are now at Kades, a city on the extremity of thy borders.
17 Let us pass through thy land. We will not march through the fields, nor vineyards, nor drink water out of thy cisterns. We will march along the king's high way, and will not turn aside to the right, nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18 But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me. If thou attempt it, I will come out to meet thee in battle.
19 Whereupon the children of Israel said, Let us pass through along the mountains, and if I, or my cattle drink of thy water, I will make thee compensation. Grant but this. It is but a small matter. Let us march through along the mountain.
20 But he said, Thou shalt not pass through me. And Edom came out to meet him with a great multitude, and a strong hand.
21 As Edom would not grant Israel a passage through his borders, therefore they turned aside from him;
Deuteronomy 2:4-9
4 and give thou a charge to this people, saying, You are about to march along by the borders of your brethren, the children of Esau who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, and dread you exceedingly.
5 You must not come to battle with them; for I will not give you a foot of their land, because I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau for a possession.
6 Buy provisions of them for money, that you may eat, and receive of them water by measure, for money, that you may drink;
7 [for the Lord our God had blessed thee in all the works of thy hands.] Recollect how thou didst traverse that great and frightful wilderness. Behold! for forty years the Lord thy God was with thee. Thou wast not in want of any thing.
8 And when we had passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who inhabit Seir, by the way of Araba, from Ailon to Gesion-gaber, and wheeling about had crossed the wilderness of Moab,
9 the Lord said to me, Act not as enemies against the Moabites; nor come to a battle with them; for I will not give you for a possession any of their land; for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot, that they may inherit it.
Deuteronomy 2:29
29 as the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and the children of Moab, who dwell in Aroer have done to me, until I cross the Jordan, to the land which the Lord our God giveth us.
Joshua 24:9
9 And when Balak, son of Sepphor, king of Moab, arose and drew up in array against Israel, and sent for Balaam to curse us,