Numbers 20:17-21

¹⁷Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.'

¹⁸And Edom said unto him: 'Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.'

¹⁹And the children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.'

²⁰And he said: 'Thou shalt not pass through.' And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

²¹Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.