Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. New Living Translation So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died. English Standard Version Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. Berean Standard Bible So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died. King James Bible And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. New King James Version So the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died. New American Standard Bible Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. NASB 1995 The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. NASB 1977 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. Legacy Standard Bible So Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people so that many people of Israel died. Amplified Bible Then the LORD sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died. Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit them so that many Israelites died. American Standard Version And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And LORD JEHOVAH sent destructive snakes against the people and they bit the people and many of the people of Israel died. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died. Contemporary English Version Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them. English Revised Version And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. GOD'S WORD® Translation So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died. Good News Translation Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many Israelites were bitten and died. International Standard Version In response, the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people to bite them. As a result, many people of Israel died. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Literal Standard Version And YHWH sends the burning serpents among the people, and they bite the people, and many people of Israel die; Majority Standard Bible So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died. New American Bible So the LORD sent among the people seraph serpents, which bit the people so that many of the Israelites died. NET Bible So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died. New Revised Standard Version Then the LORD sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. New Heart English Bible The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. Webster's Bible Translation And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. World English Bible Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died. Young's Literal Translation And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Bronze Serpent…5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” 6So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died. 7Then 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.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 10:9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes. Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. Jeremiah 8:17 "For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the LORD. Ezekiel 14:15 Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts, Treasury of Scripture And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Genesis 3:14,15 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: … Deuteronomy 8:15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. Jump to Previous Bit Bite Bites Burning Cause Death Die Died Israel Israelites Numbers Poison-Snakes Serpents Snakes VenomousJump to Next Bit Bite Bites Burning Cause Death Die Died Israel Israelites Numbers Poison-Snakes Serpents Snakes VenomousNumbers 21 1. Israel destroys the Canaanites at Hormah4. The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents 7. They repenting are healed by a bronze serpent 10. Various journeys of the Israelites 21. Sihon is overcome 33. And Og (6) And the Lord sent fiery serpents . . . --Hebrew, the serpents, the seraphim (i.e., the burning ones). (See Deuteronomy 8:15; Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6.) The word appears to denote a particular kind of serpent, as in the following verse. Some think that they were so called because of the bright fiery red upon their heads; others because of the blazing sunbeams on their scales; and others because of their inflammatory and poisonous bite. Venomous snakes are said to abound still in the Arabah.Verse 6. - Fiery serpents, גְחָשִׁים שְׂרָפִים. Nachash is the ordinary word for serpent. The word saraph which seems to mean "burning one," stands (by itself) for a serpent in verse 8, and also in Isaiah 14:29; Isaiah 30:6. In Isaiah 6:2, 6 it stands for one of the symbolic beings (seraphim) of the prophet's vision. The only idea common to the two meanings (otherwise so distinct) must be that of brilliance and metallic luster. It is commonly assumed that the "fiery" serpents were so called because of the burning pain and inflammation caused by the bite, after the analogy of the πρηστῆρες and καύσωνες of Dioscorus and AElian. But is hardly possible that Isaiah should have used the same word in such wholly dissimilar senses, and it is clear from comparison with Ezekiel's vision of the cherubim (Ezekiel 1:7) that the saraph of Isaiah 6:2 was so called from the burnished luster of his appearance. Even our Lord himself is described in the Apocalypse as having in the highest degree this appearance of glowing brass (Revelation 1:15; Revelation 2:18). It is further clear that the saraph was so named from his colour, not his venom, because when Moses was ordered to make a saraph he made a serpent of brass (or rather copper), with the evident intent of imitating as closely as possible the appearance of the venomous reptile. We may conclude then with some confidence that these serpents were of a fiery red colour, resembling in this respect certain very deadly snakes in Australia, which are known as "copper snakes." Travelers speak of some such pests as still abounding in the region of the Arabah, but it is quite uncertain whether the fiery serpents of that special visitation can be identified with any existing species. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So the LORDיְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel sent וַיְשַׁלַּ֨ח (way·šal·laḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out poisonous snakes הַנְּחָשִׁ֣ים (han·nə·ḥā·šîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5175: A serpent among the people, בָּעָ֗ם (bā·‘ām) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and many רָ֖ב (rāḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great of the Israelites מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (mî·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc were bitten וַֽיְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ (way·naš·šə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5391: To strike with a, sting, to oppress with usury and died. וַיָּ֥מָת (way·yā·māṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill Links Numbers 21:6 NIVNumbers 21:6 NLT Numbers 21:6 ESV Numbers 21:6 NASB Numbers 21:6 KJV Numbers 21:6 BibleApps.com Numbers 21:6 Biblia Paralela Numbers 21:6 Chinese Bible Numbers 21:6 French Bible Numbers 21:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 21:6 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people (Nu Num.) |
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