Numbers 32:15

Numbers 32:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
• New International Version (NIV)If you turn away from following him, he will again leave all this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

Context of Numbers 32:15

13So the Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the Lord came to an end. 14Now behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, born of sinful men, to add still more to the burning anger of the Lord against Israel. For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.” 16Then they approached him and said, “We will build sheepfolds for our livestock here and cities for our little ones; 17but we ourselves will be armed, hurrying ahead of the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:15 word by word

כִּ֤י תְשׁוּבֻן֙ מֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יו וְיָסַ֣ף ע֔וֹד לְהַנִּיח֖וֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְשִֽׁחַתֶּ֖ם לְכָל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• from followingאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• Him, He will onceיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• Him, He will onceעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
• leaveנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• them in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and you will destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• theseזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Numbers 32:15

• Leviticus 26:14‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments,
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come about, if you do not obey the Lord your God, to be careful to follow all His commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 30:17But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but allow yourself to be led astray and you worship other gods and serve them,
• Joshua 22:16“This is what the whole congregation of the Lord says: ‘What is this unfaithful act which you have committed against the God of Israel, turning away from following the Lord this day, by building yourselves an altar, to rebel against the Lord this day?
• 2 Chronicles 7:19“But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,
• 2 Chronicles 15:2and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.
• Numbers 14:35I, the Lord, have spoken, I certainly will do this to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. They shall be worn out in this wilderness, and there they shall die.’”
• Numbers 14:30By no means will you come into the land where I swore to settle you, except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.
• Jeremiah 38:23They are also going to bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.’”
• Matthew 18:7“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!
• Romans 14:15For if because of food your brother or sister is hurt, you are no longer walking in accordance with love. Do not destroy with your choice of food that person for whom Christ died.
• 1 Corinthians 8:11For through your knowledge the one who is weak is ruined, the brother or sister for whose sake Christ died.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-15Verses 6-15 The proposal showed disregard to the land of Canaan, distrust of the Lord's promise, and unwillingness to encounter the difficulties and dangers of conquering and driving out the inhabitants of that land. Moses is wroth with them. It will becomes any of God's Israel to sit down unconcerned about the difficult and perilous concerns of their brethren, whether public or personal. He reminds them of the fatal consequences of the unbelief and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-15Moses assumed that Reuben and Gad wanted to stay east of the Jordan River to avoid the dangers that awaited the other tribes in Canaan (compare chapters 13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-196-19. Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here--Their language was ambiguous; and Moses, suspicious that this proposal was an act of unbelief, a scheme of self-policy and indolence to escape the perils of warfare and live in ease and safety, addressed to them a reproachful and passionate remonstrance. Whether they had really meditated such a withdrawal from all share in the war…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 32:15

• Fear of God
• Gilead
• Haste
• Misjudgment
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

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

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