19. So the children of Israel said to him, “We will go by the Highway, and if I or my livestock drink any of your water, then I will pay for it; let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.”
20. Then he said, “You shall not pass through.” So Edom came out against them with many men and with a strong hand.
21. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him.
22. Now the children of Israel, the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.
23. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying:
24. “Aaron shall be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the water of Meribah.
25. Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor;
26. and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son; for Aaron shall be gathered to his people and die there.”
27. So Moses did just as the Lord commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.