Numbers 17:12

we perish, we all perish. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), to enhance the alarm of the People.

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

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Numbers 17:12