⁹ Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted and were destroyed by serpents.

⁵ The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread or water, and our soul loathes this worthless manna.”

⁶ So the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many children of Israel died.