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Numbers 21:5-6
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Numbers 21:5-6
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5 So the people spoke against God and Moses: “(A)Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no [a]food and no water, and [b](B)we are disgusted with [c]this miserable food.”
The Bronze Serpent
6 (C)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and (D)they bit the people, so that (E)many people of Israel died.
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- Numbers 21:5 Lit bread
- Numbers 21:5 Lit our soul is disgusted
- Numbers 21:5 I.e., the manna
Numbers 21:5-6
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Numbers 21:5-6
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5 they spoke against God(A) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt(B) to die in the wilderness?(C) There is no bread! There is no water!(D) And we detest this miserable food!”(E)
6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes(F) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.(G)
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