And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, "Thus sayeth thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath happened us,

And Edom answered him, "See thou come not by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword."

And he said, "Ye shall not go through." And Edom came out against him with much people and with a mighty power.

And thus Edom denied to give Israel passage through his country; And Israel turned away from him.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, hard upon the coasts of the land of Edom, saying,

Then they departed from mount Hor toward the reed sea: to compass the land of Edom. And the souls of the people fainted by the way.

And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully.

And they departed from Succoth and pitched their tents in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

And they removed from Etham and turned unto the entering of Hiroth which is before Baalzephon, and pitched before Migdol.

And they departed from before Hiroth and went through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from the side of the salt sea eastward,