Numbers 20:19-21

¹⁹The Israeli messengers replied, “ If we travel through your country, we will stay on the main road. If we and any of our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We want only to travel through your country. We do not want anything else.”

²⁰But the king replied, “No! Stay out of our country! We will not allow you to travel through our land!” Then he sent the strongest soldiers in his army to prevent the Israelis from entering his country.

²¹So, because the king of Edom refused to allow the Israelis to travel through his country, the Israelis turned and traveled a different way.