Numbers 20:14–21

^14sAnd Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto ^tthe king of Edom, Thus saith ^uthy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: ^15vhow our fathers went down into Egypt, ^wand we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; ^xand the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: ¹⁶and ^ywhen we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and ^zsent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: ^17alet us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. ¹⁸And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. ¹⁹And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by ^bthe high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, ^cthen I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. ²⁰And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. ²¹Thus Edom ^drefused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel ^eturned away from him.