Numbers 21:6-9 Parallel Bible Translations

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	GWT God's Word Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
6	So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.	Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.	Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
7	The people came to Moses and said, \|We sinned when we criticized the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD so that he will take the snakes away from us.\| So Moses prayed for the people.	And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.	The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8	The LORD said to Moses, \|Make a snake, and put it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.\|	And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”	The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”
9	So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. People looked at the bronze snake after they were bitten, and they lived.	So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.	So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
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