Deuteronomy 2:27
“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.
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Referenced Verses
- Judg 11:19 : 19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him,“Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”
- Num 21:21-23 : 21 The Victory over Sihon and Og Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, 22 “Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.” 23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Deut 2:6 : 6 You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them.
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- Num 21:21-233 verses87%
21 The Victory over Sihon and Og Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
22 “Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”
23 But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
- Num 20:17-215 verses86%
17 Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.’”
18 But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”
19 Then the Israelites said to him,“We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else.”
20 But he said,“You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.
21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
- Deut 2:28-303 verses84%
28 Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot,
29 just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the LORD our God is giving us.”
30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.
- Judg 11:17-193 verses78%
17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,“Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18 Then Israel went through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory(the Arnon was Moab’s border).
19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him,“Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”
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26 Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbon Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth wilderness to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:
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25 Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River– this good hill country and the Lebanon!”
- Deut 2:8-92 verses75%
8 So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the route of the rift valley which comes up from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the wilderness of Moab.
9 Then the LORD said to me,“Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.
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9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I’ll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
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3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
- Deut 2:1-22 verses73%
1 The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to Moab Then we turned and set out toward the wilderness on the way to the Red Sea just as the LORD told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time.
2 At this point the LORD said to me,
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14 Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
- Deut 2:17-182 verses72%
17 the LORD said to me,
18 “Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar.
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8 He then asked,“Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered,“By the road through the wilderness of Edom.”
- Num 10:30-312 verses71%
30 But Hobab said to him,“I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred.”
31 Moses said,“Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.
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7 Head out and resume your journey. Enter the Amorite hill country, and into all its neighboring areas, including the rift valley, the hill country, the foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain– all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates.
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19 Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the LORD our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.
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9 For this is how I was commanded in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water. And do not return by the way you came.’”
- Deut 2:4-52 verses71%
4 Instruct these people as follows:‘You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully.
5 Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau.
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24 “Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!
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22 So all of you approached me and said,“Let’s send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there.”
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40 But as for you, turn back and head for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.”
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32 Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
- 1 Kgs 13:16-172 verses70%
16 But he replied,“I can’t go back with you. I am not allowed to eat food or to drink water with you in this place.
17 For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’”
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12 Then Esau said,“Let’s be on our way! I will go in front of you.”
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12 But his master said to him,“We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah.”
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27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
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17 The Leading of God When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said,“Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war.”
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16 Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.
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26 Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
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37 However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the LORD our God.