¹⁸ And Edom saith unto him, `Thou dost not pass over through me, lest with sword I come out to meet thee.'

^{19 Ref} And the sons of Israel say unto him, `In the highway we go, and if of thy waters we drink -- I and my cattle -- then I have given their price; only (it is nothing) on my feet I pass over.'

^{20 Ref} And he saith, `Thou dost not pass over;' and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand;

^{21 Ref} and Edom refuseth to suffer Israel to pass over through his border, and Israel turneth aside from off him.

^{22 Ref} And the sons of Israel, the whole company, journey from Kadesh, and come in unto mount Hor,

^{23 Ref} and Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,