18. But the Edomites answered, “We refuse to let you pass through our country! If you try, we will march out and attack you.”
19. The people of Israel said, “We will stay on the main road, and if we or our animals drink any of your water, we will pay for it — all we want is to pass through.”
20. The Edomites repeated, “We refuse!” and they marched out with a powerful army to attack the people of Israel.
21. Because the Edomites would not let the Israelites pass through their territory, the Israelites turned and went another way.
22. The whole community of Israel left Kadesh and arrived at Mount Hor,
23. on the border of Edom. There the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
24. “Aaron is not going to enter the land which I promised to give to Israel; he is going to die, because the two of you rebelled against my command at Meribah.
25. Take Aaron and his son Eleazar up Mount Hor,
26. and there remove Aaron's priestly robes and put them on Eleazar. Aaron is going to die there.”
27. Moses did what the Lord had commanded. They went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community,