And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
The cry, behold, we die, we perish, we all perish, came right after the blossoming and budding of Aaron's rod, which had been given as a sign that God had chosen Aaron's family and confirmed Aaron's priesthood. The evidence convinced the people that Moses and Aaron were right and spoke by God's authority, so their own accusations against Moses and Aaron were wrong. They spoke in terror as they realized their condition.
They acknowledged that their rebellion against the Lord and His appointed leaders was sin. They accepted that God had decreed in judgment that they were doomed to die in the wilderness rather than enter the promised land. They recognized that Korah and his followers had rightly suffered God's just judgment.
The cry, behold, we die, we perish, we all perish, came right after the blossoming and budding of Aaron's rod, which had been given as a sign that God had chosen Aaron's family and confirmed Aaron's priesthood. The evidence convinced the people that Moses and Aaron were right and spoke by God's authority, so their own accusations against Moses and Aaron were wrong. They spoke in terror as they realized their condition.
They acknowledged that their rebellion against the Lord and His appointed leaders was sin. They accepted that God had decreed in judgment that they were doomed to die in the wilderness rather than enter the promised land. They recognized that Korah and his followers had rightly suffered God's just judgment.