Numbers 20:14-16

Modern English Version

Edom Denies Israel Passage

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom,

“Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that has found us, ¹⁵ how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians distressed us and our fathers. ¹⁶ And when we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt.

“And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.