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Ramban on Numbers 20:21/רמב"ן על במדבר כ׳:כ״א
אוַיֵּט יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעָלָיו – קִצֵּר הַכָּתוּב בָּזֶה, כִּי מִפִּי הַגְּבוּרָה נִצְטַוּוּ: ״וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּם מְאֹד אַל תִּתְגָּרוּ בָם״ (דברים ב ד ה), כַּאֲשֶׁר פֵּרַשׁ לָהֶם מֹשֶׁה, וְעַל פִּי הַדִּבּוּר נָטוּ מֵעָלָיו, כִּי לֹא יָכְלוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר אַחֵר כֵּיוָן שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחָם לַעֲבֹר:
1AND ISRAEL TURNED AWAY FROM HIM. Scripture here shortened [the account, omitting to say] that it was by word of the Almighty that they were commanded, Take ye good heed unto yourselves; contend not with them,210 as Moses explained to them. Thus they turned away from Edom by Divine command, since they could not do anything else because Edom did not let them pass through [his border].