Numbers 20:14-16

Contemporary English Version

Israel Isn't Allowed To Go through Edom

¹⁴ Moses sent messengers from Israel's camp near Kadesh with this message for the king of Edom:

We are Israelites, your own relatives, and we're sure you have heard the terrible things that have happened to us. ¹⁵ Our ancestors settled in Egypt and lived there a long time. But later the Egyptians were cruel to us, ¹⁶ and when we begged our Lord for help, he answered our prayer and brought us out of that land.

Now we are camped at the border of your territory, near the town of Kadesh.