Numbers 17:12
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
In Context
11So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.
13Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”
Cross References
Numbers 26:11However, the line of Korah did not die out.
Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
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 →