Numbers 20:17-21
17"Will you give us permission to cut across your land? We won''t trespass through your fields or orchards and we won''t drink out of your wells; we''ll keep to the main road, the King''s Road, straying neither right nor left until we''ve crossed your border."
18The king of Edom answered, "Not on your life. If you so much as set a foot on my land, I''ll kill you."
19The People of Israel said, "Look, we''ll stay on the main road. If we or our animals drink any water, we''ll pay you for it. We''re harmless--just a company of footsore travelers."
20He answered again: "No. You may not come through." And Edom came out and blocked the way with a crowd of people brandishing weapons.
21Edom refused to let them cross through his land. So Israel had to detour around him.