Numbers 20:19

And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will pay thee: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.

20And he said, Thou shalt not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:6Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 20:15-22

Ambassadors Sent to Edom. ( b. c. 1452.) 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the Lord , he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I… Read the whole commentary →

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