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18 But Edom replied, “You are not to pass through my land.[a] If you do, I’ll come out and start a war with you.”

19 Then the Israelis replied, “Permit us to travel on the highway. If we and our cattle drink your water, we’ll pay the price you ask. Only please let us walk through, and nothing more.”[b]

20 But still he replied, “No. You’re not to pass through.” Then Edom went out to meet Moses with a vast army and a lot of military might.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 20:18 Lit. through me
  2. Numbers 20:19 Lit. through without anything
  3. Numbers 20:20 Lit. a mighty hand