Numbers 32:15
13 And the LORD’s anger was kindled 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 consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”
- 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.
- WEB
- For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.”
- ASV
- For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.
- DARBY
- If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.
- BLB
- For if you⁺ turn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you⁺ will destroy all this people.”
- ÅB
- for vender dere dere bort, så dere ikke vil følge ham, da vil han la Israel bli enda lenger i ørkenen, og dere vil føre ulykke over hele dette folk.
- OTB
- Hvis dere vender dere bort fra å følge Ham, vil Han igjen etterlate dem i ørkenen, og dere vil være ansvarlige for deres ødeleggelse."
- B1930
- for vender I eder bort, så I ikke vil følge ham, da vil han la Israel bli ennu lenger i ørkenen, og I vil føre ulykke over hele dette folk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 8:11–12
And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Read in contextRomans 14:15
But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:15–68
But 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:
Read in contextRomans 14:20–21
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:17–19
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Read in contextLeviticus 26:14–18
But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Read in contextJoshua 22:16–18
Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
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