Numbers 21:6-9

New International Version

⁶Then the Lord sent venomous snakes^(A) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.^(B) ⁷The people came to Moses^(C) and said, “We sinned^(D) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord^(E) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed^(F) for the people.

⁸The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;^(G) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” ⁹So Moses made a bronze snake^(H) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.^(I)

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Numbers 21:6-9

New American Standard Bible

The Bronze Serpent

⁶^(A)Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and ^(B)they bit the people, so that ^(C)many people of Israel died. ⁷^(D)So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and against you; ^(E)intercede with the Lord, that He will remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded for the people. ⁸Then the Lord said to Moses, “^[a]Make a ^(F)fiery serpent, and put it on a flag pole; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, and looks at it, will live.” ⁹So Moses made a ^(G)bronze serpent and put it on the flag pole; and it came about, that if a serpent bit someone, and he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

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Numbers 21:6-9

King James Version

⁶And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

⁷Therefore 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.

⁸And 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.

⁹And 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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Numbers 21:6-9

New King James Version

⁶So ^(A)the Lord sent ^(B)fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.

⁷^(C)Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have ^(D)sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; ^(E)pray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

⁸Then the Lord said to Moses, ^(F)“Make a ^(G)fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” ⁹So ^(H)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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Numbers 21:6-9

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. ⁸And 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.” ⁹So ^(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.