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The Bronze Serpent

4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to ago around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very1 discouraged on the way.  
5 And the people aspoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul1 loathes this worthless bread.”  
6 So athe Lord sent bfiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.  
7 aTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have bsinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; cpray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.  
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, a“Make a bfiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”  
9 So aMoses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.  

From Mount Hor to Moab

10 Now the children of Israel moved on and acamped in Oboth.  
11 And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise.  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 21:6

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Amplified® Bible
Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.

Contemporary English Version
Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them.

Darby English Version
Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Good News Bible
Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died.

King James Version
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

New American Standard Bible
The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

New International Version
Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.

New King James Version
So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;


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