King James Version
Numbers 32:15 in the King James Version says “For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people.”
Numbers 32:15 · KJV
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.
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.
And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For if ye turn away”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“from after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“him he will yet again”
H3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“them in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“and ye shall destroy”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all this people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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