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Numbers 21:6 KJV
Numbers · chapter 21 · verse 6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.Numbers 21:6 · King James Version
Numbers 21:6 in context
4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5And 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.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- serpentsnâchâsha snakeH5175 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- fierysârâphburningH8314 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- sentshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
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Here is, I. The fatigue of Israel by a long march round the land of Edom, because they could not obtain passage through it the nearest way: The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way, Num 21:4. Perhaps the way was rough and uneven, or foul and dirty;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-9