Numbers 32:15 · King James Version
Numbers 32:15 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 32:15 in Other Translations
| 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. |
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| WEB | For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all of 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. |
| YLT | when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.’ |
| WBT | For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and he will destroy all this people. |
| DBY | If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. |
Commentary on Numbers 32:15
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 32:6–15
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 of invasion, or the effect of their leader's expostulation was to drive them from their original purpose, they now, in answer to his impressive appeal, declared it to be their sincere intention to co-operate with their brethren; but, if so, they ought to have been more explicit at first.
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Questions about Numbers 32:15
What does Numbers 32:15 say?
Numbers 32:15 in the King James Version reads: “For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.” Read it in the full context of Numbers 32, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 32:15 found in the Bible?
Numbers 32:15 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 32, verse 15, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 32:15 shown in?
This is the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 32:15 in the table on this page.
And they came near unto him,.... The heads of the tribes of Gad and Reuben came a little nearer to Moses, having something more to say unto him, in order to explain their meaning, and in doing which they used some degree of freedom and boldness with him, see Gen 44:18.
and said, we will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones not build new ones, but repair the old ones; for there were cities enough in the country, as before named, and no doubt sheepfolds too, as the land was a place of cattle, but those were through the war broken down and demolished, and needed repairing; and this they proposed to do, and leave their children and their cattle to the care of their servants, under the protection of the divine Providence, and did not mean for the present to take up their abode here.