Numbers 20:17
New English Translation
17 Please let us pass through[a] your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway;[b] we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”[c]
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- Numbers 20:17 tn The request is expressed by the use of the cohortative, “let us pass through.” It is the proper way to seek permission.
- Numbers 20:17 sn This a main highway running from Damascus in the north to the Gulf of Aqaba, along the ridge of the land. Some scholars suggest that the name may have been given by the later Assyrians (see B. Obed, “Observations on Methods of Assyrian Rule in Transjordan after the Palestinian Campaign of Tiglathpileser III,” JNES 29 [1970]: 177-86). Bronze Age fortresses have been discovered along this highway, attesting to its existence in the time of Moses. The original name came from the king who developed the highway, probably as a trading road (see S. Cohen, IDB 3:35-36).
- Numbers 20:17 tn Heb “borders.”
Numbers 20:17
King James Version
17 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.
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Numbers 20:17
New King James Version
17 Please (A)let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King’s Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.’ ”
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Numbers 20:17
English Standard Version
17 (A)Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, (B)or drink water from a well. We will go along the King's Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
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