Numbers 20:19 - Exposition

And the children of Israel said, i.e; probably, the messengers sent by Moses. By the highway. בַּמְסִלָּה . The Septuagint translates παρὰ τὸ ὄρος , but no doubt the word means a "high road" in the original sense of a raised causeway (cf. Isaiah 57:14 ). Such a road is still called Derb es Sultan—Emperor-road. I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. Rather, "It is nothing;" "I will go through on my feet." They meant, "We do not ask for anything of value, only leave to pass through."