Deuteronomy 2:27

“Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.

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In The King James Version

Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

In Context

26So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

28You can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,

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Cross References

Numbers 21:21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Judges 11:19And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:25-37

History of the Moabites. ( b. c. 1451.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto… Read the whole commentary →

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