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

Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s road, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.’ ”

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…