Numbers 32:23

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD; and know ye your sin which will find you.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

In Context

22and the land be subdued before the LORD, and ye return afterward; then ye shall be clear before the LORD, and before Israel, and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD.

24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.'

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Cross References

Genesis 44:16And Judah said: 'What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.'

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

1 Kings 2:32And the LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.

Psalms 140:11(140-12) A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.

Proverbs 24:16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again, but the wicked stumble under adversity.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:17-28

16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because… Read the whole commentary →

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