Numbers 20:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ The Israelites replied,

“We’ll go along the main road. We and our livestock won’t drink any of your water. If we do, we’ll pay for it. We only want to walk through your country. That’s all we ask.”

²⁰ Again the people of Edom answered,

“We won’t let you pass through here.”

Then the people of Edom marched out against them. They came with a large and powerful army. ²¹ Edom refused to let Israel go through their territory. So Israel turned away from them.