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A Respectful Request
Commentators explain that Israel's request was a formal and honorable one. By promising to stay on the 'king's highway' and not turn 'to the right hand nor to the left,' they were assuring King Sihon that they would not damage any private property, such as fields or vineyards, and would simply pass through peacefully.
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Deuteronomy
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John Gill
On Deuteronomy 2:27
17th Century
Pastor
Let me pass through your land (See Gill on Numbers 21:22),
I will go along by the highway ;
the king…
Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 2:24–37
17th Century
Minister
God tested His people by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorit…