Numbers 21:6
And Hashem sent fiery nechashim among the people, and they bit the people; and Am rav miYisroel died.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible midbar, wherein were fiery nachash, and akrav (scorpions), and parched earth, where there was no mayim; Who brought thee forth mayim out of the rock of flint;
Isaiah 30:6The massa (burden) of the beasts of the Negev: 1 Into the eretz tzarah and anguish, 1 from which come the lion and lioness, 1 the viper and fiery flying serpent, 1 they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, 1 and their otzarot (treasures) upon the humps of gemalim (camels), 1 to a people that shall not profit them. 1
Amos 9:3And though they hide themselves in the summit of Carmel, 1 I will search and take them out thence; 1 and though they be hid 1 from My sight in the bottom of the yam, 1 thence will I command the nachash, 1 and he shall bite them; 1
Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:5-10
The Brazen Serpent. ( b. c. 1452.) 4 And 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. 5 And 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. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel… Read the whole commentary →