Numbers 20:17

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Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.

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Maps for this passage

The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

Historical maps are public-domain atlas plates, digitized by Wikimedia Commons.

From Kadesh-barnea in the Wilderness of Zin, near Meribah where Israel lacked water, Moses asked Edom for passage along the King’s Highway, the main north–south route east of the Jordan. Israel recalled its earlier deliverance from Egypt, but Edom’s territory lay directly in the way toward Canaan.

Places in this passage

Numbers 20:17 mentions Edom, Egypt, Kadesh-barnea, King’s Highway, Meribah and Zin.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Kadesh-barnea — Kadesh-barnea · Matson Collection

Photo of King’s Highway — King’s Highway · Berthold Werner