¹⁶ So ^(A)we cried out to Yahweh, and He heard our voice and sent ^(B)an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. ¹⁷ Please ^(C)let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we pass through your territory.’”

^18 (D)Edom, however, said to him, “You shall not pass through ^[a]us, lest I come out to meet you with the sword.”