Numbers 21:6
“And the Lord sent fierie serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died.”
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Numbers 21:6 Context
4¶ And they iourneyed from mount Hor, by the way of the red sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the soule of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5And the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore haue ye brought vs vp out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for there is no bread, neither is there any water, and our soule loatheth this light bread. 6And the Lord sent fierie serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and much people of Israel died. 7¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray vnto the Lord that hee take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people. 8And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fierie serpent, and set it vpon a pole: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that is bitten, when hee looketh vpon it, shall liue.
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Other Translations for Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- King James Version
The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the Lord sent poison-snakes among the people; and their bites were a cause of death to numbers of the people of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Darby Bible
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
- World English Bible
And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 21:6
21:6 Fiery serpents - There were many such in this wilderness, which having been hitherto restrained by God, are now let loose and sent among them. They are called fiery from their effects, because their poison caused an intolerable heat and burning and thirst, which was aggravated with this circumstance of the place, that here was no water, #Num 21:5|.