Deuteronomy 2:27

27 "If you let us pass through your country, we will stay on the road and not turn right or left.

Deuteronomy 2:27 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 21:27

Let me pass through thy land (See Gill on Numbers 21:22),

I will go along by the highway;
the king's highway, as in the place referred to, the public road:

I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left;
to go into his fields and vineyards, and gather the fruit, or tread down the corn and vines, or do any manner of mischief to them; see the above place.

Deuteronomy 2:27 In-Context

25 Today I will begin to make all the people in the world afraid of you. When they hear reports about you, they will shake with fear, and they will be terrified of you."

26 I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon. They offered him peace, saying,

27 "If you let us pass through your country, we will stay on the road and not turn right or left.

28 We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country.

29 The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land, and so did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us."