en_tn/num/20/17.md

Connecting Statement:

The messengers continue speaking to the king of Edom.

We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left

Here "turn aside" represents leaving the road. AT: "We will not leave the road in any direction" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

the king's highway

This is the main road that connects Damascus in the north to the Gulf of Aqabah in the south.