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The venomous snakes and the bronze serpent

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Numbers 21:4–9: the people travel from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and grow discouraged because of the journey; they speak against God and against Moses, saying there is no bread and no water and they loathe this disgusting food. The LORD sends venomous snakes among the people, and many of Israel die. The people come to Moses saying they have sinned and ask him to pray that the serpents be taken away, and Moses prays for the people. The LORD tells him to make a venomous snake and set it on a pole; Moses makes a serpent of bronze and sets it on the pole, and whoever has been bitten looks at it and lives.

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NUM 21:4–9, engwebp
⁴They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
⁵The people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, there is no water, and our soul loathes this disgusting food!”
⁶The LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died.
⁷The 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.
⁸The 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.”
⁹Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
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Evidence: Numbers 21:4–9

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Entry: The venomous snakes and the bronze serpent (event-num-21-bronze-serpent)
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Current wording: Numbers 21:4–9: the people travel from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and grow discouraged because of the journey; they speak against God and against Moses, saying there is no bread and no water and they loathe this disgusting food. The LORD sends venomous snakes among the people, and many of Israel die. The people come to Moses saying they have sinned and ask him to pray that the serpents be taken away, and Moses prays for the people. The LORD tells him to make a venomous snake and set it on a pole; Moses makes a serpent of bronze and sets it on the pole, and whoever has been bitten looks at it and lives.
Cited evidence: NUM 21:4–9, engwebp
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