Numbers 32:23

23 "But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Numbers 32:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:23

But if ye will not do so
As they promised they would, and Moses insisted on it that they should:

behold, ye have sinned against the Lord
making such a request, and not fulfilling the conditions on which it was granted:

and be sure your sin will find you out;
fly in their faces, accuse them in their consciences, charge and load them with guilt, and bring deserved punishment upon them: sin may be put, as it often is, for the punishment of sin, which sooner or later will find out and come upon the impenitent and unpardoned sinner.

Numbers 32:23 In-Context

21 and cross the Jordan River armed, until the Lord forces out the enemy.

22 After the Lord helps us take the land, you may return home. You will have done your duty to the Lord and Israel, and you may have this land as your own.

23 "But if you don't do these things, you will be sinning against the Lord; know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

24 Build cities for your children and pens for your animals, but then you must do what you promised."

25 The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, "We are your servants, and we will do what you, our master, command.