23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-27)We have here the accommodating of the matter between Moses and the two tribes, about their settlement on this side Jordan. Probably the petitioners withdrew, and considered with themselves what answer they should return to the severe reproof Moses had given them; and, after some consultation, they return with this proposal, that their men of war should go and assist their brethren in the conquest…
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