A moment in scripture
Numbers 20:19
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.
The surrounding passage
- Numbers 20:17
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.
- Numbers 20:18
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
- Numbers 20:20
And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
- Numbers 20:21
Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.