SinaiNumbers 20:19
American Standard Version
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.
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Numbers 20:19 in other translations
The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
Numbers 20:19 in context
- 17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells; we will go along the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
- 18And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.
- 19And 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.
- 20And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
- 21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.