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Num 17:12 — And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Behold		Num 26:11; Psa 90:7; Pro 19:3; Isa 57:16; Hbr 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."

Correlating Passages

Behold

	Num 26:11	Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
	Psa 90:7	For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
	Pro 19:3	The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
	Isa 57:16	For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls [which] I have made.
	Hbr 12:5	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:

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 17:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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