‘We will go on the main road,’ the Israelites replied to them, ‘and if we or our herds drink your water, we will pay its price. There will be no problem; only let us travel through on foot.’
Please let us travel through your land. We won’t travel through any field or vineyard, or drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Road; we won’t turn to the right or the left until we have travelled through your territory.” ’