God’s Word Translation
Numbers 32:23
23“If you don’t do all these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. You can be sure that you will be punished for your sin.
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
21Have them cross the Jordan, and fight until the Lord forces out his enemies 22and the land is conquered. Then you may come back. You will have fulfilled your military duty to the Lord and Israel. This land will be your own property in the Lord’s presence. “If you don’t do all these things, you will be sinning against the Lord. You can be sure that you will be punished for your sin. 24Build cities for your families and stone fences for your flocks, but do what you have promised.” 25Then the tribes of Gad and Reuben said to Moses, “Sir, we will do as you command.
Read all of Numbers 32Numbers 32:23 word by word
וְאִם־לֹ֤א תַעֲשׂוּן֙ כֵּ֔ן הִנֵּ֥ה חֲטָאתֶ֖ם לַיהוָ֑ה וּדְעוּ֙ חַטַּאתְכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תִּמְצָ֖א אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 32:23
- Leviticus 26:14“If you will not listen to me and obey all these commands,
- Deuteronomy 28:15Obey the Lord your God, and faithfully follow all his commands and laws that I am giving you today. If you don’t, all these curses will come to you and stay close to you:
- Genesis 4:7If you do well, won’t you be accepted? But if you don’t do well, sin is lying outside your door ready to attack. It wants to control you, but you must master it.”
- Genesis 44:16“Sir, what can we say to you?” Judah asked. “How else can we explain it? How can we prove we’re innocent? God has uncovered our guilt. Now all of us are your slaves, including the one who had the cup.”
- Psalms 90:8You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Psalms 139:11If I say, “Let the darkness hide me and let the light around me turn into night,”
- Psalms 140:11Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.
- Proverbs 13:21Disaster hunts down sinners, but righteous people are rewarded with good.
- Isaiah 3:11How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done will be done to them.
- Isaiah 59:1The Lord is not too weak to save or his ear too deaf to hear.
- Romans 2:9There will be suffering and distress for every person who does evil, for Jews first and Greeks as well.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore, don’t judge anything before the appointed time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will also bring to light what is hidden in the dark and reveal people’s motives. Then each person will receive 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
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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
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