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Numbers 17:12

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Fear

10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

11 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

13 Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

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BSB
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!
KJV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
WEB
The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
ASV
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.
DARBY
And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
BLB
And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we have expired, we have perished, all of us have perished.
ÅB
Men Israels barn sa til Moses: Se, vi omkommer, vi er fortapt, vi er fortapt alle sammen!
OTB
Israelittene sa til Moses: "Vi er fortapt! Vi omkommer, vi omkommer alle!
B1930
Men Israels barn sa til Moses: Se, vi omkommer, vi er fortapt, vi er fortapt alle sammen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 26:11

    However, the line of Korah did not die out.

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  • Proverbs 19:3

    A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

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  • Psalms 90:7

    For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

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  • Hebrews 12:5

    And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

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  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

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  • Isaiah 57:16

    For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.

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