King James Version
Numbers 17:12 in the King James Version says “And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.”
Numbers 17:12 · KJV
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 murmurings from me, that they die not. rebels: Heb. children of rebellion
And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“we all perish”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“we all perish”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
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