Bible in Basic English
"Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land."
— Numbers 21:22, Bible in Basic English
“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.”
“"Let me pass through your 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 your border."”
And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.
And Israel sent men to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
Let me go through your land: we will not go into field or vine-garden, or take the water of the springs; we will go by the highway till we have gone past the limits of your land.
And Sihon would not let Israel go through his land; but got all his people together and went out against Israel into the waste land, as far as Jahaz, to make war on Israel.
But Israel overcame him, and took all his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the country of the children of Ammon, for the country of the children of Ammon was strongly armed.
And Israel took all their towns, living in Heshbon and all the towns and small places of the Amorites.