Numbers Chapter 17 verse 12 Holy Bible
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
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And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
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And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
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And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
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And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And the children of Israel spake unto Moses. It is a mistake to unite these verses specially with the following chapter, for they clearly belong to the story of Korah's rebellion, although not particularly connected with the miracle of the rod. These are the last wailings of the great storm which had raged against Moses and Aaron, which had roared so loudly and angrily at its height, which was now sobbing itself out in the petulant despair of defeated and disheartened men, cowed indeed, but not convinced, fearful to offend, yet not loving to obey.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12, 13) And the children of Israel spake unto Moses . . . --The special manifestations of Divine power which the Israelites had witnessed excited within them salutary emotions of awe and of anxious apprehension, but do not seem to have awakened within them any corresponding sense of gratitude either for their deliverance from the plague, or for the privileges which they enjoyed by reason of the Divine presence amongst them. The true answer to their inquiry whether they were doomed utterly to perish is contained in the following chapter, in which the priesthood of Christ is typically set forth as bearing the iniquity of the sanctuary, and thus making reconciliation for the sins and securing the acceptance of the imperfect service of His people.
