📖 Numbers 21:4-9
Numbers 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. (KJV)
Numbers 21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. (KJV)
Numbers 21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. (KJV)
Numbers 21:7 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. (KJV)
Numbers 21:8 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. (KJV)
Numbers 21:9 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. (KJV)
Numbers 21:4 milestone marker="¶" type="x-p"/>And they journeyedH5265 from mountH2022 HorH2023 by the wayH1870 of the RedH5488 seaH3220, to compassH5437 the landH776 of EdomH123: and the soulH5315 of the peopleH5971 was much discouragedH7114 because of the wayH1870. (KJV+)
Numbers 21:5 And the peopleH5971 spakeH1696 against GodH430, and against MosesH4872, Wherefore have ye brought us upH5927 out of EgyptH4714 to dieH4191 in the wildernessH4057? for there is no breadH3899, neither is there any waterH4325; and our soulH5315 loathethH6973 this lightH7052 breadH3899. (KJV+)
Numbers 21:6 And the LordH3068 sentH7971 fieryH8314 serpentsH5175 among the peopleH5971, and they bitH5391 the peopleH5971; and muchH7227 peopleH5971 of IsraelH3478 diedH4191. (KJV+)
Numbers 21:7 milestone marker="¶" subType="x-added" type="x-p"/>Therefore the peopleH5971 cameH935 to MosesH4872, and saidH559, We have sinnedH2398, for we have spokenH1696 against the LordH3068, and against thee; prayH6419 unto the LordH3068, that he take awayH5493 the serpentsH5175 from us. And MosesH4872 prayedH6419 for the peopleH5971. (KJV+)
Numbers 21:8 And the LordH3068 saidH559 unto MosesH4872, MakeH6213 thee a fiery serpentH8314, and setH7760 it upon a poleH5251: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bittenH5391, when he lookethH7200 upon it, shall liveH2425. (KJV+)
Numbers 21:9 And MosesH4872 madeH6213 a serpentH5175 of brassH5178, and putH7760 it upon a poleH5251, and it came to pass, that if a serpentH5175 had bittenH5391 any manH376, when he beheldH5027 the serpentH5175 of brassH5178, he livedH2425. (KJV+)
KJV+ Strong's tagging: CrossWire KJV2003 · lexicon: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0)
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