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Numbers 17:12

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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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  1. Numbers 26:11Rank 1 from verse 12
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    11Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

  2. Hebrews 12:5Rank 2 from verse 12
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    5And 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:

  3. Isaiah 57:16Rank 3 from verse 12
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    16For 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.

  4. Isaiah 6:5Rank 4 from verse 12
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    5¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

  5. Proverbs 19:3Rank 5 from verse 12
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    3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

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Numbers 17:12

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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perish

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Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

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17:10¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

17:11And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.

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

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17:13Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

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