New English Translation
Numbers 32:23
23“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.
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 if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence 22and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the Lord’s sight. “But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out. 24So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do.” 25So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.
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
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Cross-references for Numbers 32:23
- Leviticus 26:14“‘If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments –
- Deuteronomy 28:15“But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force:
- Genesis 4:7Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”
- Genesis 44:16Judah replied, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
- Psalms 90:8You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
- Psalms 139:11If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”
- Psalms 140:11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
- Proverbs 13:21Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
- Isaiah 3:11Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.
- Isaiah 59:1Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
- Romans 2:9There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek,
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition 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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