¹⁴From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom: “Thus your brother Israel has said, ‘You know all the hardship that has found us; ¹⁵our ancestors^j went down to Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time,^k and the Egyptians mistreated us and our ancestors.^l ¹⁶Then we cried to Yahweh, and he heard our voice; he sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt. And look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. ¹⁷Please let us go through your land. We will not go through a field or vineyard, and we will not drink water from a well. We will go along the road of the king; we will not turn aside right or left until we have gone through your territory.’ ”

¹⁸Then Edom said to him, “You will not pass through us^m lest we will go outⁿ to meet you with the sword.” ¹⁹The Israelites^o said to him, “We will go up on the main road, and if we^p and our livestock^q drink your water, we will pay for it.^r It is only a small matter; let us pass through on our feet.”^s ²⁰But he said, “You will not go through.” And Edom went out to meet them^t with a large army and a strong hand. ²¹So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, and Israel turned aside from him.

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Footnotes

jOr “fathers”
kLiterally “many days”
lOr “fathers”
mHebrew “me”
nHebrew “I will go out”
oLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
pHebrew “I”
qHebrew “my livestock”
rHebrew “I will give their worth”
sHebrew “I will go through on my feet”
tHebrew “him”