“how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers,”
Numbers 20:15 (BSB)
Context Reading
13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them. 14From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us, 15how our fathers went down to Egypt, where we lived many years. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers, 16and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory. 17Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”