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Numbers 21:6-9
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Numbers 21:6-9
English Standard Version
6 (A)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and (B)they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. 7 (C)And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. (D)Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9 So (E)Moses made a bronze[a] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
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Numbers 21:6-9
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Numbers 21:6-9
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6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes(A) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.(B) 7 The people came to Moses(C) and said, “We sinned(D) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord(E) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed(F) for the people.
8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;(G) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake(H) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.(I)
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