Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then the LORD told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible New American Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live. Psalm 106:43-45 Many times did he deliver them. But they provoked him with their counsel: and they were brought low by their iniquities. . . . Psalm 145:8 The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. Context The Bronze Serpent…7Upon which they came to Moses, and said; We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8And the Lord said to him: Make a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it, shall live.9Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they were healed.… Cross References John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: 2 Kings 18:4 He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and broke the brazen serpent, which Moses had made: for till that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called its name Nohestan. Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird. Isaiah 30:6 The burden of the beasts of the south. In a land of trouble and distress, from whence come the lioness, and the lion, the viper and the flying basilisk, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of beasts, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels to a people that shall not be able to profit them. Isaiah 45:22 Be converted to me, and you shall be saved, all ye ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other. Additional Translations Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”And the LORD said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks on it, shall live.And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a signal- staff; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one so bitten that looks upon it shall live. And Jehovah said to Moses, Make thee a fiery [serpent], and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, and looketh upon it, shall live. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. And the LORD said to 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. Yahweh said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live." And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Make for thee a burning serpent, and set it on an ensign; and it hath been, every one who is bitten and hath seen it -- he hath lived. Jump to Previous Bitten Burning Ensign Image Live Moses Pole Rod Serpent Snake Snakes Standard WoundedJump to Next Bitten Burning Ensign Image Live Moses Pole Rod Serpent Snake Snakes Standard WoundedLinks Numbers 21:8 NIVNumbers 21:8 NLT Numbers 21:8 ESV Numbers 21:8 NASB Numbers 21:8 KJV Numbers 21:8 Bible Apps Numbers 21:8 Biblia Paralela Numbers 21:8 Chinese Bible Numbers 21:8 French Bible Numbers 21:8 German Bible Alphabetical: a about and anyone at bitten can come everyone fiery he is it live look looks LORD Make Moses on pole put said serpent set shall snake standard that The Then to up when who will OT Law: Numbers 21:8 Yahweh said to Moses Make you (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |