19. Bnei-Yisrael then said to him, “We will travel on the main road, and if we or our livestock even drink any of your water, we will pay its price. It’s nothing, just to pass through on foot!”
20. He answered, “You may not pass through!” Yet Edom came out to oppose them with a large and well-armed people.
21. Since Edom refused to permit Israel to cross through her territory, Israel turned away from them.
22. The entirety of the community of Bnei-Yisrael set out from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.
23. Now at Mount Hor, near the Edomite border, Adonai said to Moses and Aaron,