Numbers 21:22 meaning and explanation

“Let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway until we have passed through your territory.”

Numbers 21:22, Berean Standard Bible

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Israel, nearing the end of the wilderness years, sends messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, asking for safe passage through his land. The offer is careful and peaceful: no fields or vineyards would be crossed, no wells used, and the people would stay on the King's Highway, the main north-south trade route, until they had passed through.

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