Passage Through Edom Refused

Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. “Thus says your brother Israel: ‘You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

King Sihon Defeated

Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Then he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying: “Look, a people has come from Egypt. See, they cover the face of the earth, and are settling next to me!

So Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,