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.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said, thou shall not go through,.... Which is an absolute and peremptory denial:
and Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand; the king raised the militia of his…
We have here the application made by Israel to the Edomites. The nearest way to Canaan from the place where Israel now lay encamped was through the country of Edom. Now,
I. Moses sends ambassadors to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
withoutdoing anythingelse] lit. -it is not a matter"; i.e. it is not a matter that can cause you any injury or annoyance; it is a mere nothing that we ask.