Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king’s high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
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Interpretation
The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel encamped, was through the country of Edom. The ambassadors who were sent returned with a denial.
Read with
This thought runs through Numbers 20:14-18.
Glossary
- King’s Highway Place
- Biblical road. Modern identification: King’s Highway.