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Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left.
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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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let me pass through your land (See Gill on Numbers 21:22),
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Presbyterian
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