16. and when we begged our Lord for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land.Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh.
17. Please let us go through your country. We won't go near your fields and vineyards, and we won't drink any water from your wells. We will stay on the main road until we leave your territory.
18. But the Edomite king answered, “No, I won't let you go through our country! And if you try, we will attack you.”
19. Moses sent back this message: “We promise to stay on the main road, and if any of us or our livestock drink your water, we will pay for it. We just want to pass through.”
20. But the Edomite king insisted, “You can't go through our land!”Then Edom sent out its strongest troops
21. to keep Israel from passing through its territory. So the Israelites had to go in another direction.
22. After the Israelites had left Kadesh and had gone as far as Mount Hor
23. on the Edomite border, the Lord said,
24. “Aaron, this is where you will die. You and Moses disobeyed me at Meribah, and so you will not enter the land I promised the Israelites.
25. Moses, go with Aaron and his son Eleazar to the top of the mountain.