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17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us[a] to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request.[b] Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate.[c] So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:17 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)
  2. Judges 11:17 tn Heb “did not listen.”
  3. Judges 11:17 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”

17 Then Israel sent messengers(A) to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’(B) but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab,(C) and he refused.(D) So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

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