²⁰ And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

²² Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

²⁷ Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

¹⁷ Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.