KJV King James Version
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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Numbers 21:8
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Make for thee a burning serpent, and set it on an ensign; and it hath been, every one who is bitten and hath seen it—he hath lived.
Surrounding context — Numbers 21
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
6 And the LORD sent fiery 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 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.
8 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.
9 And 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.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which [is] before Moab, toward the sunrising.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֜הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)מֹשֶׁ֗הH4872 · mo.shehMosesעֲשֵׂ֤הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְךָ֙H9031 · kayouשָׂרָ֔ףH8314 · sa.raphserpentוְשִׂ֥יםH7760 · sumto set: makeאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]עַל־H5921 · aluponנֵ֑סH5251 · nesBannerוְהָיָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַנָּשׁ֔וּךְH5391 · na.shakhto biteוְרָאָ֥הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]וָחָֽי׃H2421 · cha.yahto live
Cross-references
John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:Psalm 106:43-45Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked [him] with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.Psalm 145:8The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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