12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
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Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
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.
For 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.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)Here is, I. The final determination of the controversy concerning the priesthood by a miracle, Num. 17:8 ; 9 . The rods or staves were brought out from the most holy place where they were laid up, and publicly produced before the people; and, while all the rest of the rods remained as they were, Aaron’s rod only, of a dry stick, became a living branch, budded, and blossomed, and yielded almonds. I…
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