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Números 20:17

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17 Deixa-nos atravessar a tua terra. Não passaremos por nenhuma plantação ou vinha, nem beberemos água de poço algum. Passaremos pela estrada do rei e não nos desviaremos nem para a direita nem para a esquerda, até que tenhamos atravessado o teu território”.

Números 20:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 20:17

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country
That being the nearest and shortest way to the land of Canaan, from the place where they now were:

we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards;
to harm them, and injure any man in his private property, by gathering the fruit of them, if the season of the year for it, or by trampling them down:

neither will we drink of the water of the wells;
which private persons had dug, for the watering of their fields and vineyards, and for other uses, at least without paying for it; or only of the waters of the rivers, common to all passengers; from hence it appears, that the country of Edom was not then such a barren country as in later times, and as travellers F3 now report it is; (See Gill on Malachi 1:3)

we will go by the king's highway;
not the way in which the king used to walk, or which he should order them to walk in, as Aben Ezra; but the public roads, common to all his subjects, and travellers to walk in by his allowance; and such roads are now called by us the king's highway:

we will not turn to the right hand, or to the left;
to do any injury to any person's property, but go straight forward:

until we have passed thy borders;
from one to another, and got quite through the country.


FOOTNOTES:

F3 See Shaw's Travels, 4. 438. Ed. 2.
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Números 20:17 In-Context

15 Os nossos antepassados desceram para o Egito, e ali vivemos durante muitos anos. Os egípcios, porém, nos maltrataram, como também a eles,
16 mas, quando clamamos ao SENHOR, ele ouviu o nosso clamor, enviou um anjo e nos tirou do Egito.“Agora estamos em Cades, cidade na fronteira do teu território.
17 Deixa-nos atravessar a tua terra. Não passaremos por nenhuma plantação ou vinha, nem beberemos água de poço algum. Passaremos pela estrada do rei e não nos desviaremos nem para a direita nem para a esquerda, até que tenhamos atravessado o teu território”.
18 Mas Edom respondeu:“Vocês não poderão passar por aqui; se tentarem, nós os atacaremos com a espada”.
19 E os israelitas disseram:“Iremos pela estrada principal; se nós e os nossos rebanhos bebermos de tua água, pagaremos por ela. Queremos apenas atravessar a pé, e nada mais”.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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