Numbers:20:14-21

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* And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom , Thus says thy brother Israel : Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us , * how our fathers went down to Egypt , and we dwelt in Egypt a long time , and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers ; * and when we cried to Jehovah , he heard our voice , and sent an angel , and brought us forth out of Egypt ; and behold , we are at Kadesh , a city at the extremity of thy border . * Let us pass , I pray thee , through thy country ; we will not pass through fields , or through vineyards , neither will we drink water out of the wells : we will go by the king 's road ; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left , until we have passed thy border . * But Edom said to him , Thou shalt not pass by me , lest I come out against thee with the sword . * And the children of Israel said to him , We will go by the high way ; and if we drink of thy water , I and my cattle , then I will pay for it : I will only , without anything else , go through on my feet . * And he said , Thou shalt not go through . And Edom came out against him with much people , and with a strong hand . * Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory ; and Israel turned away from him .

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