Numbers 20:17-21 ▼

17 Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king's highway, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.'|

18 Edom, however, said to him, |You shall not pass through us, or I will come out with the sword against you.|

19 Again, the sons of Israel said to him, |We will go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock do drink any of your water, then I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing [else].|

20 But he said, |You shall not pass through.| And Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.