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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)If you turn away from him like this and he abandons them again in the wilderness, you will be responsible for destroying this entire nation!”

Context of Numbers 32:15

13The Lord’s anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone. 14“And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel. 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.” 16Then they came up to him and said, “We would like to build pens here for our livestock and cities for our women and children. 17But we will arm ourselves for battle and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities, for protection from 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For if ye turn awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• from afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• him, he will yet againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• leaveיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• them in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and ye shall destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• all this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Numbers 32:15

• Leviticus 26:14“ ‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,
• Deuteronomy 28:15However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 30:17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
• Joshua 22:16“The whole assembly of the Lord says: ‘How could you break faith with the God of Israel like this? How could you turn away from the Lord and build yourselves an altar in rebellion against him now?
• 2 Chronicles 7:19“But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them,
• 2 Chronicles 15:2He 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. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
• Numbers 14:35I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.”
• Numbers 14:30Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
• Jeremiah 38:23“All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will be burned down.”
• Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
• Romans 14:15If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died.
• 1 Corinthians 8:11So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

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