2:27 “Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. 1 I will not turn aside to the right or the left.
1 tnHeb “in the way in the way” (בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ, baderekh baderekh). The repetition lays great stress on the idea of resolute determination to stick to the path. IBHS 116 §7.2.3c.