Numbers 17:12
And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.
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Referenced Verses
- Num 26:11 : 11 But death did not overtake the sons of Korah.
- Ps 90:7 : 7 We are burned up by the heat of your passion, and troubled by your wrath.
- Prov 19:3 : 3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
- Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
- Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
- Heb 12:5 : 5 And you have not kept in mind the word which says to you as to sons, My son, do not make little of the Lord's punishment, and do not give up hope when you are judged by him;
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13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
- Num 14:1-55 verses80%
1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.
2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!
3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?
4 And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.
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19 And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
- Exod 16:2-32 verses78%
2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
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25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
- Num 20:3-42 verses76%
3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!
4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?
- Exod 14:11-122 verses76%
11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?
12 Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.
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39 And when Moses put these words before the children of Israel, the people were full of grief.
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33 And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men.
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41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.
- Exod 17:3-42 verses72%
3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?
4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.
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20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.
22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?
23 And the Lord said to Moses,
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44 And the Lord said to Moses,
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21 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.
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5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
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15 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.
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10 And the Lord said to Moses,
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34 And all Israel round about them went in flight at their cry, For fear, said they, that we go down into the heart of the earth.
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11 And the Lord said to Moses,
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6 But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.
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3 Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.
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15 Then Moses said to the Lord,
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26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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11 Then Aaron said to Moses, O my lord, let not our sin be on our heads, for we have done foolishly and are sinners.
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15 If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
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27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.
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8 And all the people, answering together, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do. And Moses took back to the Lord the words of the people.
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22 And Manoah said to his wife, Death will certainly be our fate, for it is a god whom we have seen.
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10 But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.
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41 And Moses said, Why are you now acting against the Lord's order, seeing that no good will come of it?
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13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?
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21 And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.
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22 In future the children of Israel are not to come near the Tent of meeting, so that death may not come to them because of sin.
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35 I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.
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16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.
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40 And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
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13 And the Lord said to Moses,