Verse
Numbers 21:8 — And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it…
“And 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.”
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The verses around Numbers 21:8.
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.
10And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
Verse explanation
The LORD responds with an unusual solution: make a serpent and set it on a pole, so that whoever was bitten and looked at it would survive.
From the Numbers 21 study in Bible in Stories.
Numbers 21:8 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
And 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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E disse o Senhor a Moysés: Faze-te uma serpente ardente, e põe-n'a sobre uma haste: e será que viverá todo o mordido que attentar para ella.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E o SENHOR disse a Moisés: Faze-te uma serpente ardente, e põe-a sobre a haste: e será que qualquer um que for mordido e olhar a ela, viverá.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
El Señor le dijo a Moisés: “Haz una maqueta de una serpiente y ponla en un palo. Cuando alguien que haya sido mordido la mire, vivirá”.
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