Numbers 20:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

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.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

We will go by the king’s highway.— It is supposed that this military road led through the broad Wady el Ghuweir,…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

Let us pass, I pray thee, through your country
That being the nearest and shortest way to the land of Canaan, from t…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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 denia…

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