Numbers 20:17-21
Read Numbers 20 in full →17‘Please alet 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; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we pass through your territory.’”
18aEdom, however, said to him, “You shall not pass through 1us, lest I come out to meet you with the sword.” 19Again, the sons of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway, and if I and amy livestock do drink any of your water, bthen I will 1pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, 2nothing else.” 20But he said, “aYou shall not pass through.” And Edom came out to meet him with a heavy 1force and with a strong hand. 21aThus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; bso Israel turned away from him.