Numbers 17:13
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
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A new section should begin with these verses. They are connected retrospectively with Num. 16; and form the immediate introduction to Num. 18. The people were terror-stricken by the fate of the…
Here is, I. The final determination of the controversy concerning the priesthood by a miracle, Num 17:8, Num 17:9. The rods or staves were brought out from the most holy place where they were laid up,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
shall we perish all of us? The exact force of the words is doubtful. They may mean -Shall we completely come to an end by expiring?" of which R.V. is a correct paraphrase: or -Shall we ever finish…
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