... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part II): the journey from Kadesh to Moab > events at Kadesh (Numbers 20:1, 20:14-21) > the king of Edom refuses to let Israel pass > Moses sends messengers to the king of Edom