Numbers 20:19 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁹ Bnei-Yisrael then said to him, “We will travel on the main road, and if we or our livestock even drink any of your water, we will pay its price. It’s nothing, just to pass through on foot!”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.

Common English Bible

¹⁹ The Israelites said to him, “We’ll go up by the road. If we drink from your water, either we or our livestock, we’ll pay for it. It’s a small matter. We would only ask to cross on foot.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And the sons of Israel said: "We will travel by the well-trodden path. And if we or our cattle drink from your waters, we will give you what is just. There shall be no difficulty in the price, only let us cross through quickly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will give thee what is just. There shall be no difficulty in the price; only let us pass speedily.

Numbers 20:19 Cross References

Exodus 12:38

Also a mixed multitude went up with them, along with the flocks, herds and heavy livestock.

Deuteronomy 2:28

You will sell me food for money so that I may eat and give me water for money so that I may drink. Just let me pass through on foot—

Deuteronomy 2:6

You are to buy food from them for money so that you may eat, and you are also to buy water from them for money so that you may drink.

1 Samuel 6:12

So the cows took the way straight toward Beth-shemesh—they kept along the same highway, lowing as they went, and turned aside neither to the right nor to the left. The lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.