17. Let us pass, I pray you, through your country. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink of the water of the wells. We will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed your borders.
18. But Edom said to him, You shall not go through, lest I come out against you with the sword.
19. And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.
20. But Edom said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand.
21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
22. They journeyed from Kadesh, and the Israelites, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
23. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,