19 The children of Israel said to him,“We will travel the highway, and if we and our livestock drink of your water, then we will pay for it. I will only go through on my feet without doing anything else.”
20 He said,“You will not go through.”And Edom came out against them with many people and with a strong hand.
21 Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him.
22 They journeyed from Kadesh, and the children of Israel, even the whole assembly, came to Mount Hor.
23 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying,
24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people because he will not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel because you rebelled against Me at the water of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor,