Numbers 20:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ Permit us now to pass through your land. We won’t pass through your fields or vineyards, and we won’t drink water^[a] from your wells. We’ll keep to the King’s Highway without turning either right or left until we have passed through your territory.’”

¹⁸ But Edom replied, “You are not to pass through my land.^[b] If you do, I’ll come out and start a war with you.”

¹⁹ Then the Israelis replied, “Permit us to travel on the highway. If we and our cattle drink your water, we’ll pay the price you ask. Only please let us walk through, and nothing more.”^[c]