Numbers 33:56

56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ”

Numbers 33:56 in Other Translations

56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

56 And I will do to you as I thought to do to them."

56 And I will do to you what I had planned to do to them.”

56 And I'll start treating you the way I planned to treat them."

56 And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you.

56 Then I will do to you what I planned to do to them.'"

56 And what I had planned to do to them, I will do to you."

56 Then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.' "

Numbers 33:56 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 33:56

Moreover, 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.

Numbers 33:56 In-Context

54 Distribute the land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.

55 “ ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.

56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.’ ”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 14:28