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What does Numbers 17:12 mean?
"The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!"
— Numbers 17:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.”
Moses did so. As Yahweh commanded him, so he did.
The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone!
Everyone who keeps approaching Yahweh’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”
Explanation
Numbers 17:12
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