Numbers 21:6
Wherfor the Lord sente `firid serpentis in to the puple; at the woundis of whiche serpentis, and the dethis of ful many men,
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Deuteronomy 8:15and was thi ledere in the greet wildirnesse and ferdful, in which was a serpent + 8:15 in which was a serpent and so forth, fro the hirting of whiche the Lord defendide thee; and the synguler is takun here for the plurel, a serpent, that is, serpentis, and so of scorpioun and dipsas, as in viij co. of Exodi, a greuouseste flie cam, that is, the multitude of flies; also the glos seith, that dipsas is a kynde of the leeste serpent, so that it is unnethis perseyued, and he perischith soone, whom euere dipsas bitith. brenninge with blast, and scorpioun, + 8:15 that is, an eddre that feyneth swetnesse with the heed, but venemeth with the tayl. and dipsas, + 8:15 that is, an eddre. dipsas is an eddre, that makith hem whom he stinggith to die for thirst. and outirli no `watris; which Lord ledde out stremes of the hardeste stoon,
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 →