Numbers 17:12
And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
In Context
11And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
Cross References
Numbers 26:11That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.
Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be angry unto the end: because the spirit shall go forth from my face, end breathings I will make.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 17:9-13
8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their… Read the whole commentary →