Numbers 32:23

Numbers 32:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.
• New International Version (NIV)“But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Context of Numbers 32:23

21and all of you that are armed go over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he have dispossessed his enemies from before him, 22and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah. But if ye do not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and be sure your sin will find you out. 24Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and folds for your flocks, and do that which has gone out of your mouth. 25And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commands.

Numbers 32:23 word by word

וְאִם־לֹ֤א תַעֲשׂוּן֙ כֵּ֔ן הִנֵּ֥ה חֲטָאתֶ֖ם לַיהוָ֑ה וּדְעוּ֙ חַטַּאתְכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּמְצָ֖א אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• soכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672

Cross-references for Numbers 32:23

• Leviticus 26:14But if ye hearken not unto me, and do not all these commandments,
• Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to take heed to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee.
• Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, will not [thy countenance] look up [with confidence]? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Genesis 44:16And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.
• Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
• Psalms 139:11And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
• Psalms 140:11Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
• Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill [with him], because the desert of his hands shall be rendered unto him.
• Isaiah 59:1Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear;
• Romans 2:9tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise from God.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Be sure your sin will find you out - literally, “know ye your sin that it will find you out.” Moses implies that their sin would eventually bring its own punishment along with it.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-27Verses 16-27 Here is the good effect of plain dealing. Moses, by showing their sin, and the danger of it, brought them to their duty, without murmuring or disputing. All men ought to consider the interests of others as well as their own; the law of love requires us to labour, venture, or suffer for each other as there may be occasion. They propose that their men of war should go ready armed before the children of Israel into the land of Canaan, and that…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24Moses agreed to the terms offered by Reuben and Gad. If they helped their relatives fight the Canaanites, they would fulfill their part of the agreement. Then they could return to their settlements east of the Jordan River (32:22). If they did not keep their promise, it would be a serious sin against God (32:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3320-33. Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing--with sincerity and zeal. go before the Lord to war--The phrase was used in allusion to the order of march in which the tribes of Reuben and Gad immediately preceded the ark (see on Nu 2:10-31), or to the passage over the Jordan, in which the ark stood in mid-channel, while all the tribes marched by in succession (Jos 3:4), of course including those of Reuben and Gad, so that, literally, they passed…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 32:23

• Gad
• Gilead
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Sin
• Uncharitableness
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Destroy
• Discourage
• Ready
• Sit
• Gad (1)
• Moses
• Numbers, Book of
• Reuben
• Sanballat
• Jabesh

Commentaries on Numbers 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings