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火蛇与铜蛇

他们从何珥山沿着到红海的路起行,要绕过以东地;众民因为这条路,心里烦躁, 就反抗 神和摩西,说:“你们为甚么把我们从埃及领上来,使我们死在旷野呢?这里没有粮食,又没有水,我们的心厌恶这淡薄的食物。” 于是耶和华打发火蛇进入人民中间;蛇咬他们,许多以色列人就死了。 人民来见摩西,说:“我们有罪了,因为我们出恶言攻击耶和华和你;求你向耶和华祷告,叫这些蛇离开我们。”于是摩西为众人祷告。 耶和华对摩西说:“你要做一条火蛇,挂在杆上;被咬的,一看这蛇,就必得存活。” 摩西就做了一条铜蛇,挂在杆上;被蛇咬了的人,一望这铜蛇,就活了。

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The Bronze Snake

They traveled from Mount Hor(A) along the route to the Red Sea,[a](B) to go around Edom.(C) But the people grew impatient on the way;(D) they spoke against God(E) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(F) to die in the wilderness?(G) There is no bread! There is no water!(H) And we detest this miserable food!”(I)

Then the Lord sent venomous snakes(J) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.(K) The people came to Moses(L) and said, “We sinned(M) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord(N) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed(O) for the people.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

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.

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.

And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

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.

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.

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.

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