Bible Verses

The king of Edom answered: “You shall not pass through my land. If you do, I will come out to attack you.”

We would like to pass through your land. We will not cross any fields or vineyards or drink water from the wells, but we will keep to the king’s road without turning to the right or left until we are out of your land.”

Then we cried to the Lord, and he listened to us. He sent an angel to bring us out of Egypt; now we are in Kadesh, the town on the borders of your territory.

Our fathers went down to Egypt, and we lived there for a long time. But the Egyptians mistreated us as they did our fathers.

FROM CADES TO THE JORDAN Edom Refuses to Let Israel Pass Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, and they said to him, “This is the petition of your brother Israel: you know the trials we had to suffer.

The sons of Israel quarreled with the Lord at the waters of Meribah, where he showed them his holiness.

But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: “You did not trust me nor treat me as the Holy One in the sight of the Israelites; because of that, you shall not lead this community into the land that I am giving you.”

Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod. Then, abundant water was gushed out for the community and their livestock to drink.

Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock and said to them: “Listen, you rebels. Shall we bring water for you from this rock?”

So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as ordered.