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 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

13So the Lord’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone. 14And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel. For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.” 16Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones, 17but we ourselves will be armed, ready to go before the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell 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

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 do not obey Me, and do not observe all these commandments,
• Deuteronomy 28:15“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
• Deuteronomy 30:17But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
• Joshua 22:16“Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord: ‘What treachery is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against the Lord?
• 2 Chronicles 7:19“But if you turn away and forsake 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: “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you while 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 this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.’ ”
• Numbers 14:30Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
• Jeremiah 38:23‘So they shall surrender all your wives and children to the Chaldeans. You shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.’ ”
• Matthew 18:7Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
• Romans 14:15Yet if your brother is grieved because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food the one for whom Christ died.
• 1 Corinthians 8:11And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom 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

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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