refused

Deuteronomy 2:27, 29
"Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left. . . .

wherefore

Deuteronomy 2:4-8
and command the people: 'You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful. . . .

Deuteronomy 23:7
Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

Judges 11:18, 24
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border. . . .