⁷ The Lord said, “I have indeed seen^(A) the misery^(B) of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned^(C) about their suffering.^(D)

⁷ The people came to Moses^(A) and said, “We sinned^(B) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord^(C) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed^(D) for the people.

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;^(E) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” ⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake^(F) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.^(G)

²⁶ The Lord had seen how bitterly everyone in Israel, whether slave or free,^(A) was suffering;^[a](B) there was no one to help them.^(C)