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17 Permit us now to pass through your land. We won't pass through your fields or vineyards, and we won't drink water from your wells. We'll keep to the King's Highway without turning either right or left until we have passed through your territory.'| 18 But Edom replied, |You are not to pass through my land. If you do, I'll come out and start a war with you.| 19 Then the Israelis replied, |Permit us to travel on the highway. If we and our cattle drink your water, we'll pay the price you ask. Only please let us walk through, and nothing more.| 20 But still he replied, |No. You're not to pass through.| Then Edom went out to meet Moses with a vast army and a lot of military might. 21 That's how Edom refused Israel passage through their territory. So Israel turned away from there. Numbers 20:17-21, Intl. Standard Version. Copyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation.
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