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4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Lake of Reeds, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, |Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread.| 6 The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died. 7 The people came to Moses, and said, |We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD, and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.| Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD 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.| 9 Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze, he lived. Numbers 21:4-9, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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