Numbers 21:8
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
7 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.
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.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The LORD said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to Moses, “Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and it shall come to pass [that] anyone who is bitten, and he looks at it, he shall live.”
- ÅB
- Da sa Herren til Moses: Gjør deg en seraf-slange og sett den på en stang, så skal hver den som er bitt og ser på den, få leve.
- OTB
- Herren sa til Moses: «Lag en brennende slange og sett den på en stang; alle som blir bitt og ser på den, skal leve.»
- B1930
- Da sa Herren til Moses: Gjør dig en seraf-slange og sett den på en stang, så skal hver den som er bitt og ser på den, få leve.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:14
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Read in contextPsalms 106:43–45
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Read in contextPsalms 145:8
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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