Numbers 32:23

23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and ¹be sure your sin will find you out.

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 every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has driven out his enemies from before him

22 and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

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

24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised. ”

25 And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

Cross References

• 1. 32:23 [Gen. 44:16; Isa. 59:12]