Series: Kids Online Explorers 2026
Israel and Edom
July 19, 2026
Passage: Numbers Num. 20:14-21
Moses, Aaron, and all the Israelites who had left Egypt were traveling to their new home in the land of Canaan. The people stopped for a while to rest. They were near the land where the Edomites lived.
Moses knew the Israelites would have to travel through Edom on their journey, so Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom. The messengers told the king that the Israelites had been away for many years. The Israelites had been slaves in the land of Egypt. But God helped the Israelites get away from Egypt. And now God was leading the Israelites back home to Judah.
Moses asked Edom's king to allow the Israelite people to travel through his land. "We won't travel through any of your fields or drink your water," said Moses. “We will travel only on the highway and go nowhere else."
But Edom's king said no! "You must not travel through our land, or we will attack you," the king said.
"But we will go on the main road," the Israelites said. "We will cause no
problems. Just let us travel through Edom."
Again, the king said no. Then the king sent soldiers to run off Moses and the Israelites.
God was angry about the way the Edomites treated Moses and the Israelites.
Series Information
Kids 4k-5th Grade
