Numbers 17:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. ”

Numbers 17:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A new section should begin with these verses. They are connected retrospectively with Numbers 16 ; and form the immediate introduction to Numbers 18 . The people were terror-stricken by the fate...
Numbers 17:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, (f) we die, we perish, we all perish. (f) The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; "We die by the sword, the earth swall...
Numbers 17:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Budding of Aaron's Rod (from P). The superiority of Levi over the other tribes is finally vindicated through the budding of the rod of Aaron (the representative of that tribe) when a rod for ea...
Numbers 17:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

we perish, we all perish. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), to enhance the alarm of the People.
Numbers 17:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. And the children of Israel spoke unto Moses. It was indeed somewhat better to be alarmed by admiration of God’s power than as if they had despised it in brutal stupidity; but there is a...
Numbers 17:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish - גוענו gavaenu signifies not so much to die simply, as to feel...
Numbers 17:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Behold, we die, we perish - an exclamation of fear, both from the remembrance of former judgment...
Numbers 17:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Aaron's Authority Confirmed Korah and his followers having questioned the authority of Aaron and the claim of his family to the priesthood, the matter is put beyond the possibility of further doub...
Numbers 17:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses... — The special manifestations of Divine power which the Israelites had witnessed excited within them salutary emotions of awe and of anxious apprehensi...
Numbers 17:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM Numbers 16:1-50 ; Numbers 17:1-13 BEHIND what appears in the history, there must have been many movements of thought and causes of discontent which gradually led to t...
Numbers 17:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Budding of Aaron's Rod Numbers 17:1-13 The controversy about the priesthood needed authoritative settlement, and to remove all grounds of dissension a notable sign was wrought on Aaron's ro...
Numbers 17:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

That the murmuring of the people against the divine government was an evil thing is emphasized by the fact that a supernatural sign was given in final vindication of Aaron's position. The reason for...
Numbers 17:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whether the people expressed themselves in these words under a sense of fear or submission, or both, I will not determine. But as the LORD had graciously undertaken to take away their murmurings, it...
Numbers 17:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses ,.... The princes of the tribes, who had seen the miracle of the rod, and knew that it was laid up in the most holy place, and for what purpose, which gav...
Numbers 17:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold we die, we perish Words of consternation, arising from the remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments, from the threatening of death upon any succeeding murmurings, and from the sens...
Numbers 17:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AARON'S ROD BUDDING (vs.1-13) Though God had shown His deep displeasure against those who challenged the priesthood of Aaron, he used this occasion to illustrate the truth concerning the positive...
Numbers 17:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blosso...
Numbers 17:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Words of consternation arising, partly, from the remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments; partly, from the threatening of death upon ally succeeding murmurings; partly, from the sense of t...
Numbers 17:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Recognise that None But Aaron's House May Enter the Tabernacle. They Alone Can Enter the Sanctuary and Live ( Numbers 17:12-13 ) Numbers 17:12-13 ‘And the children of Israel spoke t...
Numbers 17:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter the High-priesthood of Aaron is further confirmed by a supernatural and significant sign. Numbers 17:4 . The testimony , “ i.e. , the Two Tables of...
Numbers 17:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 17:8 . The rod of Aaron was budded. In this sign there could be no imposition. The sedition was suppressed by the decision of God, who graciously in this way condescended to settle forever...
Numbers 17:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Write Aaron’s name upon the rod of Levi. Aaron’s rod I. Instructive to the Israelites. 1. An end hereby put to murmuring. By an incontrovertible sign they knew who was the true priest. 2....
Numbers 17:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AARON 'S ROD THAT BUDDED ( Numbers 17:1-4 ). Numbers 17:1 And the Lord spake. Presumably upon the same day, since the design was to prevent any recurrence of the sin an...
Numbers 17:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Miraculous Budding of Aaron's Rod
Numbers 17:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:5 ; Isaiah 57:16 ; Numbers 26:11 ; Proverbs 19:3 ; Psalms 90:7
Numbers 17:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

God Makes Choice of His Representatives Numbers 17:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God calls all His servants to serve Him. The Word is specific: "To every man his work." Not one of God's children...
Numbers 17:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

We perish — Words of consternation, arising from the remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments, from the threatening of death upon any succeeding murmurings, and from the sense of their ow...

Numbers 17:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 17:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 17:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 17:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 17:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 17:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 17:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 17:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 17:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Numbers 17:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes