¹⁸ Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.

^{19 Ref} The children of Israel said to him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of your water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price of it: let me only, without [doing] anything [else], pass through on my feet.

^{20 Ref} He said, You shall not pass through. Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

^{21 Ref} Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: why Israel turned away from him.

^{22 Ref} They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.

^{23 Ref} Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,