Numbers 33:56
in Numbers 33And then I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you.
KJV
Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
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This verse in Numbers 33
Commentary
4 notes on this verseMoreover, it shall come to pass,.... This being the case, they suffering the Canaanites to dwell among them, and they mingling with them, learning their works, and serving their gods: that I shall do unto you as I thought I should do unto them; deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, who should carry them captive into other lands.
This site's exposition
not drive out the inhabitants
on Numbers 33:55-56
Judges 2:1-3 quotes this warning back and reports the outcome, the nations left in the land becoming thorns in their sides and their gods a snare, and Judges 3:5-6 names the marriages that followed. Verse 56 turns the sentence around, so that what was purposed for the inhabitants falls on Israel instead. The record of the wandering closes with the terms of staying in the land.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Let us hear this, and fear. If we do not drive sin out, sin will drive us out; if we be not the death of our lusts, our lusts will be the death of our souls.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֗ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּמִּ֛יתִי | dimiti | I intended | H1819 → | |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה | ʾeeseh | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לָכֶֽם׃ פ | lakhem | to <the> you |
וְהָיָ֗הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
דִּמִּ֛יתִיI intended
dimitiH1819 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
לָהֶ֖םto <the> them
lahem
אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥הI will do
ʾeesehH6213 →2628 times
לָכֶֽם׃ פto <the> you
lakhem
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 29:28The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of…
- 1 Kings 14:15
For the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that He gave their fathers, and He will scatter them beyond the…
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
Through
Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are…
it leads to
- Proverbs 1:26
in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,
- Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- Proverbs 1:26
Through
Leviticus 20:23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:24
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving…
- Leviticus 18:3
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you.…
- Leviticus 18:30
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Leviticus 18:24
About Numbers
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.