Numbers 20:15 meaning and explanation
how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,
Numbers 20:15, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Moses is speaking here, but not to God or to Israel. He sends messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, whose people descend from Esau, Jacob's brother, so he addresses him as "your brother Israel." Moses recounts the family history the two peoples share: the ancestors went down to Egypt, lived there many years, and were mistreated by the Egyptians.
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