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THE MESSAGE
Numbers 17:12
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The children of Yisra'el spoke to Moshe, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
And the Israelites said to Moses, saying, "Look! We will die! We will be destroyed! All of us will perish!
The people of Israel said to Moses, "We are going to die! We are destroyed. We are all destroyed!
The Israelites said to Moses, "We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish!
The sons of Israel said to Moses, "Look, we perish, we are doomed, all doomed!
Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we are passing away, we are perishing, we are all perishing!
And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost:
Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we are breathing our last breath, we are perishing, we are all perishing!
The Israelites cried out to Moses, "We're done for
Aharon took it, as Moshe had said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. There the plague had already begun among the people, but he added the incense and made atonement for the people.
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
The Israelites said to Moses, "We know that we will die! We are lost! We will all be destroyed!
And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
And the children of Israel said to Moses, Behold, we perish and are lost, we all perish.
The people of Israel said to Moses, "Then that's the end of us!
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!
And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
And ye childre of Israel sayde vnto Moses: Beholde, we cosume awaie, we are destroied, & perishe.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
And the children of Israel spake vnto Moyses, saying: Beholde, we are wasted away and perished, we all come to naught.
And Aaron took as Moses spoke, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying, Behold, wee die, we perish, we all perish.
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, "Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
Forsothe the sones of Israel seiden to Moises, Lo! we ben wastid, alle we perischiden;
And the sons of Israel speak unto Moses, saying, `Lo, we have expired; we have perished; we have all of us perished;
And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Look, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
So the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Surely we die, we perish, we all perish!
Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "Look, we are doomed! We are dead! We are ruined!
Then the people of Israel said to Moses, "See, we are being destroyed! We are dying! We are all dying!
The Israelites said to Moses, "We are perishing; we are lost, all of us are lost!
Then spake the sons of Israel unto Moses saying: Lo! we have breathed our last - we are lost, we are, all, lost:
And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.
And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Behold: Numbers 26:11, Psalms 90:7, Proverbs 19:3, Isaiah 57:16, Hebrews 12:5
we die: Gawanoo, "we expire:" it signifies not so much to die simply, as to feel an extreme difficulty in breathing, which producing suffocation, ends at last in death. See the folly and extravagance of this sinful people, in thus rebelling against the authority of those whom Jehovah had appointed to be their rulers.
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - that Exodus 12:33 - We be all Numbers 16:34 - Lest Numbers 21:5 - spake 1 Samuel 6:20 - General 2 Samuel 6:9 - afraid 1 Kings 13:33 - whosoever 1 Chronicles 13:12 - afraid of God Psalms 73:19 - they are Isaiah 33:14 - sinners Jeremiah 30:21 - and I Lamentations 3:39 - a man Ezekiel 37:11 - Our bones Amos 6:10 - Hold Acts 5:5 - great Acts 5:13 - of Romans 8:15 - the spirit Hebrews 8:4 - he should
Cross-References
God finished speaking with Abraham and left.
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all his servants, whether houseborn or purchased—every male in his household—and circumcised them, cutting off their foreskins that very day, just as God had told him.
On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: "No. He is to be called John."
When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.
"Then he made a covenant with him and signed it in Abraham's flesh by circumcision. When Abraham had his son Isaac, within eight days he reproduced the sign of circumcision in him. Isaac became father of Jacob, and Jacob father of twelve ‘fathers,' each faithfully passing on the covenant sign.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses,.... The princes of the tribes, who had seen the miracle of the rod, and knew that it was laid up in the most holy place, and for what purpose, which gave them a sensible concern: these, and as many as were acquainted with it, addressed Moses upon it, as follows:
saying, behold, we die, we perish, we all perish; which being expressed without the copulative, and in different words, show that they were spoken quick and in haste, and discover the passion of mind and distress they were in, and the sense they had of their sin and danger, fearing they should all die and perish, as many had already; it has respect, as some think, to punishments past and future, so the Targum of Jonathan,
"some of us have been consumed by flaming fire, and others of us have been swallowed up in the earth and are lost, and, lo, we are accounted as if all of us would perish.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A new section should begin with these verses. They are connected retrospectively with Numbers 16:0; and form the immediate introduction to Numbers 18:0. The people were terror-stricken by the fate of the company of Korah and by the plague. Presumption passed by reaction into despair. Was there any approach for them to the tabernacle of the Lord? Was there any escape from death, except by keeping aloof from His presence? The answers are supplied by the ordinances which testified that the God of judgment was still a God of grace and of love.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 17:12. Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. — גוענו gavaenu signifies not so much to die simply, as to feel an extreme difficulty of breathing, which, producing suffocation, ends at last in death. See the folly and extravagance of this sinful people. At first, every person might come near to God, for all, they thought, were sufficiently holy, and every way qualified to minister in holy things. Now, no one, in their apprehension, can come near to the tabernacle without being consumed, Numbers 17:13. In both cases they were wrong; some there were who might approach, others there were who might not. God had put the difference. His decision should have been final with them; but sinners are ever running into extremes.
