Numbers 21:5-9
New King James Version
5 And the people (A)spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul [a]loathes this worthless bread.” 6 So (B)the Lord sent (C)fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
7 (D)Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have (E)sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; (F)pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, (G)“Make a (H)fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” 9 So (I)Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
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