6You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat,and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
To avoid unnecessary tension with the Edomites, Moses instructed the people to purchase food and water during their passage through Mount Seir. This also would fill a practical necessity, since water was scarce in eastern Edom.
6 You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.