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Numbers 21:9

וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל ־ הַנֵּס וְהָיָה אִם ־ נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת ־ אִישׁ וְהִבִּיט אֶל ־ נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת וָחָֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל ־ נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל ־ הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָֽי ׃

10וַיִּסְעוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַֽיַּחֲנוּ בְּאֹבֹֽת ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:4הוּא ׀ הֵסִיר אֶת ־ הַבָּמוֹת וְשִׁבַּר אֶת ־ הַמַּצֵּבֹת וְכָרַת אֶת ־ הָֽאֲשֵׁרָה וְכִתַּת נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשָׂה מֹשֶׁה כִּי עַד ־ הַיָּמִים הָהֵמָּה הָיוּ בְנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל מְקַטְּרִים לוֹ וַיִּקְרָא ־ לוֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּֽן ׃

Zechariah 12:10וְשָׁפַכְתִּי עַל ־ בֵּית דָּוִיד וְעַל ׀ יוֹשֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלִַם רוּחַ חֵן וְתַחֲנוּנִים וְהִבִּיטוּ אֵלַי אֵת אֲשֶׁר ־ דָּקָרוּ וְסָפְדוּ עָלָיו כְּמִסְפֵּד עַל ־ הַיָּחִיד וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַֽל ־ הַבְּכֽוֹר ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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