The Meaning of Numbers 32:15 Explained

Numbers 32:15

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.

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.'

Darby: If ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this 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.

Discover Numbers 32:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 32:15?

MEANING: What does Numbers 32:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 32:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 32:15?

What is the context of Numbers 32:15?

Reuben and Gad Present a Proposal (Numbers 32:1-15)
The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan (Numbers 32:1-42)
Gad and Reuben Inherit Gilead (Numbers 32:1-42)
The Transjordan Tribes (Numbers 32:1-42)
Transjordan Settlements (Numbers 32:1-42)
Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead (Numbers 32:1-42)
The Tribes East of the Jordan (Numbers 32:1-42)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.

What does Numbers 32:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 32:1-19 - Seeking Inheritance Beyond Jordan

Reuben and Gad were contiguous to each other when the host encamped. They had, therefore, many opportunities for conference, and finally united in asking permission to settle on the east of Jordan, where vast tracks of pasturage were eminently suited to their flocks. They have been held up as types of those whose "much cattle" hinder the realization to the full of the heavenly inheritance. Certainly many professing Christians live on the world's side of the Cross. They have no desire to share in the crucifixion of the self-life, if only they may build sheepcotes and cities and provide for their little ones. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than"¦."

At first Moses was indignant at the request, thinking that they desired to evade the hardships, but their explanation modified his wrath. Be swift to hear, slow to speak! [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 32

¹ The Reubenites and Gadites ask for inheritance on the east side of Jordan
⁶ Moses reproves them
¹⁶ They offer him conditions with which he is content
³³ Moses assigns them the land
³⁹ They conquer it

What do the individual words in Numbers 32:15 mean?

For if you turn away from following Him and He will again once leave them in the wilderness and you will destroy all people this -

כִּ֤י תְשׁוּבֻן֙ מֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יו וְיָסַ֣ף ע֔וֹד לְהַנִּיח֖וֹ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְשִֽׁחַתֶּ֖ם לְכָל־ הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה ס

כִּ֤י	For if
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
תְשׁוּבֻן֙	you turn away
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural, Paragogic nun Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
מֵֽאַחֲרָ֔יו	from following Him
Parse: Preposition-m, third person masculine singular Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
וְיָסַ֣ף	and He will again
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָסַף Sense: to add, increase, do again.
ע֔וֹד	once
Parse: Adverb Root: עֹוד Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
לְהַנִּיח֖וֹ	leave them
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: מֻנָּח Sense: to rest.
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר	in the wilderness
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִדְבָּר Sense: wilderness.
וְשִֽׁחַתֶּ֖ם	and you will destroy
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural Root: שָׁחַת Sense: to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay.
הָעָ֥ם	people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
הַזֶּֽה	this
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular Root: זֶה Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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