Numbers 20:14-24

¹⁴And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has come upon us.

¹⁵And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

¹⁶And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Kadesh, at the extremity of thy coasts.

¹⁷We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

¹⁸And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.

¹⁹And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will pay thee: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.

²⁰And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

²¹So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

²²And they departed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

²³And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying,

²⁴Let Aaron be added to his people; for ye shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because ye provoked me at the water of strife.