Numbers 21:23

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23 And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet them in the desert, and came to Jasa, and fought against them.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 23. He discovers, however, that evil is of such a character that this cannot be; that falsities from evil are combined together against him under their prevailing motive; that a state of obscurity ensues; that this takes place in the intermediate state; and that a conflict follows.