| The Pilgrim Pathway |
| “Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country” (Numbers 20:17). |
| This was the request of the Israelites when they reached the borders of Edom. There is a great parallel for our own pathways. See what conditions were laid out: |
| “We will not … ” |
| “pass through the fields” (worldly pleasures); |
| “or through the vineyards” (worldly joy); |
| “neither will we drink of the water of the wells” (worldly refreshment). |
| “We will go … ” |
| “by the king’s high way” (God’s path). |
| “We will not … ” |
| “turn to the right hand nor to the left” (no distractions). |
| “Until … ” |
| “we have passed thy borders.” (We are in the world only for a while, on our way to heaven). |