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Numbers 21:8
Numbers 21:8 is verse 8 of Numbers chapter 21, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”
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.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
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Numbers 21:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.
7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
8 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.”
9 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.
10 Then the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 106:43Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
Psalms 106:44Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
Psalms 145:8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.