Numbers 21:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Numbers 21:8

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.

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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 21:8

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.

Contemporary English Version
and the LORD answered, "Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and won't die."

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said to Moses, Make thee a fiery [serpent], and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, and looketh upon it, shall live.

Good News Bible
Then the LORD told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed.

King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery {serpent,} and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live."

New International Version
The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live."

New King James Version
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who received a bite, when he looks at it, he will live."

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Make for thee a burning `serpent', and set it on an ensign; and it hath been, every one who is bitten and hath seen it -- he hath lived.

New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks¹ at it, he will live.”

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