Bilangan 17:12

17:12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We are bound to die! ¹  We perish, we all perish!

Bilangan 27:16

27:16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, ²  appoint ³  a man over the community,

[17:12]  ¹ tn The use of הֵן (hen) and the perfect tense in the nuance of a prophetic perfect expresses their conviction that they were bound to die – it was certain (see GKC 312-13 §106.n).

[27:16]  ² tn Heb “flesh”; cf. NAB, NIV “all mankind”; NCV “all people”; NLT “all living things.”

[27:16]  ³ tn This is the same verb פָּקַד (paqad) that is used throughout the book for the aspect of “numbering” the people.