Numbers 20:14-21 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel; You know all the distress that has come upon us.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁴ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel; You know all the distress that has come upon us. ¹⁵ And how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. ¹⁶ And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Kadesh, at the extremity of your coasts. ¹⁷ We will pass through your land. We will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of your cistern; we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed your borders. ¹⁸ And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet you in war. ¹⁹ And the children of Israel said to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of your water, I will pay you: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain. ²⁰ And he said, You shall not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great army, and a mighty hand. ²¹ So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.