Midrash
Midrash Tanchuma (Buber), Chukat 36 מדרש תנחומא (בובר), חקת ל״ו
Part of: Siman 36
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ויאמר אליו אדום לא תעבור בי וגו' (שם שם יח). זש"ה אני שלום וכי אדבר המה למלחמה (תהלים קכ ז), ומנין שאף הקב"ה אמר להם שאין מניחין אתכם לעבור, ולא הכל מהם, אלא אני הוא שרוצה, שנאמר אל תתגרו בם כי לא אתן לכם מארצם וגו' (דברים ב ה).
(Numb. 20:18:) BUT EDOM SAID UNTO HIM: YOU SHALL NOT PASS THROUGH ME. This text is related to Ps. 120:7): I AM FOR PEACE; BUT WHEN I SPEAK, THEY ARE FOR WAR.154Tanh., Numb. 6:13. Where is it shown that the Holy One also told them that they would not permit you to pass, <that> everything is not due to them, but <that> it is I who wills it? Where it is stated (in Deut. 2:5): DO NOT ENGAGE THEM IN BATTLE, FOR I WILL NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH OF THEIR LAND FOR <EVEN> THE SOLE OF A FOOT TO TREAD ON.
(Numb. 20:18:) BUT EDOM SAID UNTO HIM: YOU SHALL NOT PASS THROUGH ME. This text is related to Ps. 120:7): I AM FOR PEACE; BUT WHEN I SPEAK, THEY ARE FOR WAR.154Tanh., Numb. 6:13. Where is it shown that the Holy One also told them that they would not permit you to pass, <that> everything is not due to them, but <that> it is I who wills it? Where it is stated (in Deut. 2:5): DO NOT ENGAGE THEM IN BATTLE, FOR I WILL NOT GIVE YOU ENOUGH OF THEIR LAND FOR <EVEN> THE SOLE OF A FOOT TO TREAD ON.