Numbers 21:7

⁵ and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

⁶ So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.

Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.

⁸ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
KJV: Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
WEB: The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
ASV: And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
DARBY: And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
BLB: And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against YHWH and against you. Pray to YHWH, that He take away from us the serpents.” And Moses prayed for the people.

ÅB: Så kom folket til Moses og sa: Vi har syndet, fordi vi har talt mot Herren og mot deg; be til Herren at han vil ta slangene fra oss! Og Moses ba for folket.
OTB: Folket kom til Moses og sa: «Vi har syndet ved å tale mot Herren og mot deg; be til Herren om å fjerne slangene fra oss.» Så Moses ba for folket.
B1930: Så kom folket til Moses og sa: Vi har syndet, fordi vi har talt mot Herren og mot dig; bed til Herren at han vil ta slangene fra oss! Og Moses bad for folket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 8:24
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
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Psalms 78:34
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
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Exodus 8:8
Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
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Numbers 11:2
And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
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Exodus 8:28
Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
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1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
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1 Samuel 12:19–23
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
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James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
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