Judges 11:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ When the Israelites came up out of Egypt, they went through the ·desert [wilderness] to the Red Sea and then to Kadesh. ¹⁷ Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let ·the people of Israel [^Lus] ·go across [pass through] your land [Num. 20:14–17].’ But the king of Edom ·refused [^Lwould not listen]. They sent the same message to the king of Moab, but he also refused. So the Israelites stayed at Kadesh.

¹⁸ “Then the Israelites went through the ·desert [wilderness] around the borders of the lands of Edom and Moab. Israel went east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River [^Cthe border of Moab]. They did not cross it to go into the land of Moab.