Kommentar zu Schoftim 11:17
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ֩ אֱד֨וֹם ׀ לֵאמֹ֜ר אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וְגַ֨ם אֶל־מֶ֧לֶךְ מוֹאָ֛ב שָׁלַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃
Israel sandte Boten an den König von Edom und ließ sagen: Lasse mich doch durch dein Land ziehen, aber der König von Edom gab kein Gehör; und auch an den König von Moab schickte es, und er wollte nicht solches erlauben. Israel blieb also in Kadesch.
Rashi on Judges
Please allow me to traverse your country. From south to north, in order to enter the land of Canaan.
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Rashi on Judges
To the king of Moav as well. Whose country bordered the extremity of the land of Edom, east of Edom, and south of Eretz Yisroel.
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Rashi on Judges
And he refused. Moshe alludes to this in the Torah, "As perpetrated against me by the Bnei Eisov residing at Sair, and the Moavites residing at Ar."2Devarim, 2:29. Just as Edom refused them permission to pass, so did Moav refuse them permission to pass.
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