Numbers 32:14-16

International Standard Version

¹⁴ And now, look! You’re acting just like^[a] your ancestors, like a brood^[b] of sinful men, who are provoking the fierce anger of the Lord against the Israelis one step at a time. ¹⁵ If you stop following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness. You’ll end up destroying this entire people.”

A Compromise is Offered

¹⁶ Then they approached him and said, “Here’s where we’re going to build corrals for our cattle and cities for our families,^[c]