וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ֩ אֱד֨וֹם ׀ לֵאמֹ֜ר אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וְגַ֨ם אֶל־מֶ֧לֶךְ מוֹאָ֛ב שָׁלַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃
Lalu Israel mengirim utusan-utusan kepada raja Edom untuk mengatakan: ‘Izinkanlah aku melewati negerimu.’ Tetapi raja Edom tidak mau mendengarkan. Israel juga mengirim utusan kepada raja Moab, tetapi ia pun tidak mau. Maka Israel tetap tinggal di Kadesh.
Rashi
Please allow me to traverse your country. From south to north, in order to enter the land of Canaan.
Rashi
To the king of Moav as well. Whose country bordered the extremity of the land of Edom, east of Edom, and south of Eretz Yisroel.
Rashi
And he refused. Moshe alludes to this in the Torah, "As perpetrated against me by the Bnei Eisov residing at Sair, and the Moavites residing at Ar."2Devarim, 2:29. Just as Edom refused them permission to pass, so did Moav refuse them permission to pass.