Numbers 20:17

New Century Version

Please let us pass through your country. We will not touch any fields of grain or vineyards, and will not drink water from the wells. We will travel only along the king’s road, not turning right or left until we have passed through your country.”

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

“But now here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Edom. You wouldn’t let the Israelites enter their lands when the Israelites came from Egypt. So the Israelites turned away and did not destroy them.

Numbers 21:1

The Canaanite king of Arad lived in the southern area. When he heard that the Israelites were coming on the road to Atharim, he attacked them and captured some of them.

Deuteronomy 2:27

“If you let us pass through your country, we will stay on the road and not turn right or left.

Deuteronomy 2:28

We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country.

Deuteronomy 2:29

The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land, and so did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us.”