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Deuteronomy 2:27 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. "
Deuteronomy 2:27
Verse in Context
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This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth
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Deuteronomy 2:1
"Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days."
Deuteronomy 2:2
"And the LORD spake unto me, saying,"
Deuteronomy 2:3
"Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward."
Deuteronomy 2:4
"And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed"
Deuteronomy 2:5
"Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession."
Deuteronomy 2:6
"Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink."
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