Numbers 21:6-10

English Standard Version

^6 (A)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and ^(B)they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. ^7 (C)And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. ^(D)Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. ⁸ And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” ⁹ So ^(E)Moses made a bronze^[a] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

The Song of the Well

¹⁰ And the people of Israel set out and ^(F)camped in Oboth.