16 When we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territories."
18 But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword."
19 So the children of Israel said to him, "We will go by the highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, without doing anything else."
20 Then he said, "You shall not pass through." So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong army.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.
22 Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.