KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 21:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
WEB World English Bible
Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
ASV American Standard Version
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass—he hath lived.
Surrounding context — Numbers 21
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.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doמֹשֶׁה֙H4872 · mo.shehMosesנְחַ֣שׁH5175 · na.chashserpentנְחֹ֔שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּH7760 · sumto set: makeעַל־H5921 · aluponהַנֵּ֑סH5251 · nesBannerוְהָיָ֗הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִם־H518 · imifנָשַׁ֤ךְH5391 · na.shakhto biteהַנָּחָשׁ֙H5175 · na.chashserpentאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanוְהִבִּ֛יטH5027 · na.vatto lookאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)נְחַ֥שׁH5175 · na.chashserpentהַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁתH5178 · ne.cho.shetbronzeוָחָֽי׃H2421 · cha.yahto live
Cross-references
John 3:14-15And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:John 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.Hebrews 12:2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.John 12:32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all [men] unto me.Isaiah 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.Romans 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:2 Corinthians 5:21For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.Romans 1:17For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.Romans 5:20-21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.1 John 3:8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.John 1:29The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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