Numbers 17:12
“And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.”
And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
And Moses did so: as the Lord commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.”
“And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.”
“Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.”
“The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.”
“For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.”