Judges 11:17
Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Cross-references
Numbers 20:1 sets the location—Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin—where Israel remained after the refusals in Judges.
Numbers 20:14-21 gives the full account of Edom's refusal, including the message and response that Judges summarizes.
Numbers 20:16 includes the plea to Edom ('we cried to the Lord') and confirms they were in Kadesh, enriching the context of Judges.
Deuteronomy 2:4-8 provides God's instructions to pass through Edom peacefully, adding a divine command behind the request in Judges.
Deuteronomy 2:29 recalls that Edom and Moab provided provisions, offering a later perspective on the same journey's outcome.
Numbers 20:20 details Edom's armed refusal to let Israel pass, confirming the hostile response Jephthah recounts.
Deuteronomy 1:46 records Israel's prolonged stay at Kadesh, the aftermath of the rejections Jephthah mentions.