The Meaning of Numbers 21:22 Explained

Numbers 21:22

KJV: 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.

YLT: 'Let me pass through thy land, we do not turn aside into a field, or into a vineyard, we do not drink waters of a well; in the king's way we go, till that we pass over thy border.'

Darby: Let us pass through thy land; we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink water out of the wells; on the king's road will we go until we have passed thy border.

ASV: Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Numbers 21:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 21:21-35 - Victory Over The Amorites
Two great victories opened the eastern lands to the possession and settlement of two tribes and a half. It is not enough to know our heritage in Christ; we must possess our possessions.
Sihon, the king of the Amorites, made an unprovoked attack on Israel; and his action was the less excusable, because he had himself been an invader. As a proof of this, a passage is quoted from one of their national songs, in which the poet describes his invasion of the land, the burning of Heshbon and Ar, and the erection of new cities in their stead, Numbers 21:27-30. See also Judges 11:13-27. Sihon and Og suffered the same fate at the hands of Israel. General Gordon, when crossing the Sudan to attack the slave-trader, often heard these words in his heart: "Fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hand." See Psalms 135:11; Psalms 136:19-20. Behind all history is divine and everlasting love! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 21

1  Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah
4  The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents
7  They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent
10  Various journeys of the Israelites
21  Sihon is overcome
33  And Og

What do the individual words in Numbers 21:22 mean?

let me pass through your land Not we will turn aside into fields or vineyards we will drink water from wells By Highway of the King we will go until that we have passed through your territory
אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־ נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבֻלֶֽךָ

אֶעְבְּרָ֣ה  let  me  pass 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Cohortative, first person common singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ  through  your  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
נִטֶּה֙  we  will  turn  aside 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: נָטָה 
Sense: to stretch out, extend, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow.
בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה  into  fields 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
וּבְכֶ֔רֶם  or  vineyards 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה  we  will  drink 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
מֵ֣י  water  from 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: מַיִם  
Sense: water, waters.
בְאֵ֑ר  wells 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: בְּאֵר  
Sense: well, pit, spring.
בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ  By  Highway 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙  of  the  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
נֵלֵ֔ךְ  we  will  go 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
עַ֥ד  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
אֲשֶֽׁר־  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
נַעֲבֹ֖ר  we  have  passed  through 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
גְּבֻלֶֽךָ  your  territory 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: גְּבוּל  
Sense: border, territory.

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