{"id":2878,"date":"2008-07-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/contentfeeds\/2008\/07\/numbers-20142021.html"},"modified":"2008-07-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T01:00:00","slug":"numbers-20142021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/contentfeeds\/2008\/07\/numbers-20142021.html","title":{"rendered":"Numbers 20:14-20:21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom: &#8220;Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the hardships that have befallen us; that our ancestors went down to Egypt, that we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and that the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our ancestors. We cried to the Lord and He heard our plea, and He sent a messenger who freed us from Egypt. Now we are in Kadesh, the town on the border of your territory. Allow us, then, to cross your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from wells. We will follow the king&#8217;s highway, turning off neither to the right nor to the left until we have crossed your territory.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut Edom answered him, &#8220;You shall not pass through us, else we will go out against you with the sword.&#8221; &#8220;We will keep to the beaten track,&#8221; the Israelites said to them, &#8220;and if we or our cattle drink your water, we will pay for it. We ask only for passage on foot&#8211;it is but a small matter.&#8221; But they replied, &#8220;You shall not pass through!&#8221; And Edom went out against them in heavy force, strongly armed. So Edom would not let Israel cross their territory, and Israel turned away from them.<br \/>\n<em>From Parshat Chukkat. From THE TANAKH: The New JPS Translation According to the Traditional Hebrew Text. Copyright 1985 by the Jewish Publication Society. 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