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Numbers 21:9 KJV
Numbers · chapter 21 · verse 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.Numbers 21:9 · King James Version
Numbers 21:9 in context
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.
11And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
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Key words (Strong's)
- serpentnâchâsha snakeH5175 →
- bittennâshakto strike with a stingH5391 →
- beheldnâbaṭto scanH5027 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- brassnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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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