Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 17:12

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

Words of consternation arising partly from the remembrance of these severe and repeated judgments, partly from the threatning of death upon any succeeding murmurings, partly from the sence of their own guilt and weakness which made them fear least they should relapse into the same miscarriages, and thereby bring the vengeance of God upon themselves.