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

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

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…