Numbers 20:12-24

12But the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872 andH413 AaronH175, “BecauseH3282 you did notH3808 trustH539 Me to show My holinessH6942 in the sightH5869 of the IsraelitesH1121H3478H3651, you will notH3808 bringH935 thisH2088H413 assemblyH6951 into the landH776 thatH834 I have givenH5414 them.”

13TheseH1992 were the watersH4325 of MeribahH4809,1 whereH834 the IsraelitesH1121H3478 quarreledH7378 withH854 the LORDH3068, and He showed His holinessH6942 among them.

14From KadeshH6946, MosesH4872 sentH7971 messengersH4397 toH413 tell the kingH4428 of EdomH123, “This is whatH3541 your brotherH251 IsraelH3478 saysH559: YouH859 knowH3045 allH3605 the hardshipH8513 thatH834 has befallen usH4672, 15how our fathersH1 went downH3381 to EgyptH4714, where we livedH3427 manyH7227 yearsH3117. The EgyptiansH4713 mistreatedH7489 us and our fathersH1, 16and when we cried outH6817 toH413 the LORDH3068, He heardH8085 our voiceH6963, sentH7971 an angelH4397, and brought usH3318 out of EgyptH4714.

Now lookH2009, weH587 are in KadeshH6946, a cityH5892 on the edgeH7097 of your territoryH1366. 17PleaseH4994 let us passH5674 through your landH776. We will notH3808 go throughH5674 any fieldH7704 or vineyardH3754, or drinkH8354 waterH4325 from any wellH875. We will stay onH1980 the King’sH4428 HighwayH1870; we will notH3808 turnH5186 to the rightH3225 or to the leftH8040 untilH5704 we have passed throughH5674 your territoryH1366.”

18But EdomH123 answeredH559H413, “You may notH3808 travelH5674 through our land, or we will come outH3318 and confront youH7122 with the swordH2719.”

19“We will stayH5927 on the main roadH4546,” the IsraelitesH1121H3478 repliedH559, “and ifH518 weH589 or our herdsH4735 drinkH8354 your waterH4325, we will payH5414 for itH4377. There will be noH369 problemH1697; onlyH7535 let us pass throughH5674 on footH7272.”

20But EdomH123 insistedH559, “You may notH3808 pass throughH5674.” And they came outH3318 to confrontH7122 the Israelites with a largeH3515 armyH5971 and a strongH2389 handH3027. 21So EdomH123 refusedH3985 to allowH5414 IsraelH3478 to passH5674 through their territoryH1366, and IsraelH3478 turned awayH5186 from themH5921.

22After they had set outH5265 from KadeshH6946, the wholeH3605 congregationH5712H1121 of IsraelH3478 cameH935 to MountH2022 HorH2023. 23And at MountH2022 HorH2023, nearH5921 the borderH1366 of the landH776 of EdomH123, the LORDH3068 saidH559 toH413 MosesH4872H413 and AaronH175, 24“AaronH175 will be gatheredH622 toH413 his peopleH5971H3588; he will notH3808 enterH935H413 the landH776 thatH834 I have givenH5414 the IsraelitesH1121H3478, becauseH5921 both of you rebelledH4784 against My commandH6310 at the watersH4325 of MeribahH4809.