Numbers 20:13-15

New International Version - UK

¹³ These were the waters of Meribah,^[a] where the Israelites quarrelled with the Lord and where he was proved holy among them.

Edom denies Israel passage

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying:

‘This is what your brother Israel says: you know about all the hardships that have come on us. ¹⁵ Our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived there many years. The Egyptians ill-treated us and our ancestors,