Numbers 20:17-21

17Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King’s Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’ ”

18Then Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through my land, lest I come out against you with the sword.”

19So the children of Israel said to him, “We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.”

20Then he said, “You shall not pass through.” So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand.

21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.