18. Then Edom said to him, “You will not pass through us lest we will go out to meet you with the sword.”
19. The Israelites said to him, “We will go up on the main road, and if we and our livestock drink your water, we will pay for it. It is only a small matter; let us pass through on our feet.”
20. But he said, “You will not go through.” And Edom went out to meet them with a large army and a strong hand.
21. So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned aside from him.
22. And they set out from Kadesh. The Israelites, the whole community, came to Mount Hor.
23. Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron on Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom, saying,
24. “Let Aaron be gathered to his people; he will not come into the land that I have given to the Israelites because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.
25. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and take them up Mount Hor.
26. Strip off Aaron’s garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; Aaron will be gathered to his people, and he will die there.”
27. So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the community.
28. And Moses stripped off Aaron’s garments and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar went down from the mountain.
29. All the community saw that Aaron died; so all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.