Numbers 20:15-22

¹⁵That our fathers went down into Mizraim, and we dwelt in Mizraim many days, and the Mizraee badly treated us and our fathers.

¹⁶And we prayed before the Lord, and He accepted our prayers, and sent an Angel, and brought us out from Mizraim; and, behold, we are in Rekem, a city which is on the side of thy border.

¹⁷Let us now pass through thy country: we will not go through a field or through a vineyard, nor will we drink up the water of the cistern: on the king’s highway will we travel; we will not turn to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through thy border

¹⁸But Edomea said to him, Thou shalt not pass through my border, lest I come out against thee with the slaughtering sword.

¹⁹And the sons of Israel said to him, We would go up by the trodden way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, we will give thee the price of it; we will do nothing evil; upon my feet I will pass through.

²⁰But he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edomea came out to meet him with great force and with a strong hand.

²¹So Edomea refused to permit Israel to go through his border; and Israel turned away from him.

²²And they went forward from Rekem, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to Mount Hor.