Numbers 32:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Numbers 32:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be sure your sin will find you out - literally, “know ye your sin that it will find you out.” Moses implies that their sin would eventually bring its own punishment along with it.
Numbers 32:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin (i) will find you out. (i) You shall assuredly be punished for your sin.
Numbers 32:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Request by Reuben and Gad for Permission to Settle on the E. of Jordan. The character of the high moorland S. of the Jabbok still bears out the description of it as suitable for pasturage ( Numbe...
Numbers 32:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. But if ye will not do so. He makes a solemn protestation that they will deal wickedly, if they break their promise: and at the same time denounces punishment against them, as if he were...
Numbers 32:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 183 THE CERTAINTY THAT SIN WILL FIND US OUT Numbers 32:23 . Behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out . THE fear of punishment, if not the best,...
Numbers 32:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
Numbers 32:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Your sin will find you out— The LXX render this, and ye shall know your sin, when evils fall upon you; which is not the meaning of the Hebrew. The sense is, the punishment of your sin will soone...
Numbers 32:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Numbers 32:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Allotment of Territory to the Tribes of Gad and Reuben and the Halftribe of Manasseh 1-5. The tribes of Reuben and Gad request that the land of Gilead lying on the E. side of the Jordan be assigne...
Numbers 32:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. SETTLEMENT Numbers 32:1-42 The request of the men of Reuben and Gad that they should be allowed to settle on the eastern side of Jordan in the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was at fir...
Numbers 32:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Warning against Forsaking Their Brethren Numbers 32:20-42 These two and a half tribes never entered the national life, as did those on the other side of Jordan. They were far from the center of...
Numbers 32:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We have here the record of what without doubt was a wrong committed by two and a half tribes, of Moses' failure in judgment, and, consequently, of a grave mistake. Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of...
Numbers 32:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include the whole of these verses in one view, because they include the terms of agreement between Moses and the Reubenites and Gadites. The representation, which is here given of them, serves to r...
Numbers 32:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 condit...
Numbers 32:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Ver. 23. Be sure your sin will find you out. ] The guilt will haunt you at heels, as a bl...
Numbers 32:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Your sin will find you out The punishment of your sin. Sin will certainly find out the sinner, sooner or later. It concerns us therefore to find our sins out, that we may repent of them, lest our s...
Numbers 32:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

A PROPOSAL OF COMPROMISE (vs.1-15) The children of Israel being now east of the Jordan River, the land there appealed to the tribes of Reuben and Gad particularly because they had great possessio...
Numbers 32:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Numbers 32:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. The punishment of your sin; as that word is very oft used.
Numbers 32:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Their Going Forward Is Confirmed and Agreed ( Numbers 32:20-23 ). Numbers 32:20-21 ‘And Moses said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the wa...
Numbers 32:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have the account of the allotment of the territory conquered by Israel on the east of the Jordan to the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half tribe...
Numbers 32:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:23 I. Every sin brings its punishment. II. Every sinner will ultimately be found out by his sin, and be obliged to confront it. III. There is a way of escape from the punishment of si...
Numbers 32:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:12 . Save Caleb the Kenezite. Kenaz was probably Caleb's grandfather. This solves all the difficulty in this passage. Raguel is called the father of Moses' wife, and he was evidently he...
Numbers 32:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones. But we ourselves will go ready armed. The amended proposal of the Reubenites and Gadites I. The amended proposal m...
Numbers 32:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE TWO AND A HALF TRIBES BEYOND JORDAN ( Numbers 32:1-4 ). Numbers 32:1 The children of Reuben and the children of Gad. Reuben and Gad had both been camped on t...
Numbers 32:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Petition Granted with the Proposed Condition
Numbers 32:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 4:5 ; Deuteronomy 28:15-68 ; Genesis 4:7 ; Genesis 44:16 ; Isaiah 3:11 ; Isaiah 59:1 ; Isaiah 59:12 ; Isaiah 59:2 ; Leviticus 26:14-46 ; Proverbs 13:21 ; Psalms 139:11 ; Psa...
Numbers 32:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Your sin — The punishment of your sin. Sin will certainly find out the sinner sooner or later. It concerns us therefore to find our sins out, that we may repent of them and forsake them, lest our s...

Numbers 32:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Numbers 32:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 32:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 32:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 32:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 32:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 32:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 32:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 32:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 32:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes