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Numbers 17:12 Cross-References
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“And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.”
Numbers 17:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 17:12
The children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish—The people's terrified cry (הֵן גָּוַעְנוּ אָבַדְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ אָבָדְנוּ hen gava'nu avadnu kulanu avadnu) uses three verbs of death and destruction in rapid succession, expressing existential panic. After witnessing 15,000+ deaths from challenging priestly authority (16:49), Israel feared their very proximity to the tabernacle guaranteed destruction.This verse reveals the devastating effect of seeing God's holiness without proper mediation—terror rather than comfort, death rather than life. The people's ...
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Cross-References for Numbers 17:12
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“the sons of Korah didn't die.”
“My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;,And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:,,,,,,,,”
“The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.”
“neither will I be always angry; for the spirit would faint before me”
“Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
“For we are consumed by thine anger”