Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they (A)did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

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Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.(A)

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As for me, is my (A)complaint against man?
    Why should I not be impatient?

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“Is my complaint(A) directed to a human being?
    Why should I not be impatient?(B)

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21 and (A)they said to them, “The Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

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21 and they said, “May the Lord look on you and judge(A) you! You have made us obnoxious(B) to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword(C) in their hand to kill us.”(D)

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19 (A)The evil bow down before the good,
    the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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19 Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,
    and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.(A)

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The Bronze Serpent

From Mount Hor (A)they set out by the way to the Red Sea, (B)to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

12 Is not this what (A)we said to you in Egypt: ‘Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”(A)

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