Numbers 20:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 20:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 20:17 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither wi..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 20:17 — KJV
“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.”
— Numbers 20:17 (KJV)
Numbers 20:17 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 20:17
“Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:17: let, pass, through
“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.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:17: let, pass, through
“And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: published: Heb. said nobles: Heb. great men”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:17: let, through, neither
“And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:17: pass, neither, water
“And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 20:17: high, way, turn
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