Numbers 20:16-18

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶ and when we begged our Lord for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land.

Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh. ¹⁷ Please let us go through your country. We won't go near your fields or vineyards, and we won't drink any water from your wells. We will stay on the main road^[a] until we leave your territory.

¹⁸ But the king of Edom answered, “No, I won't let you go through our country! And if you try, we will attack you.”