Numbers 21:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.”
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“So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 21:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
- Isaiah 30:6This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
- Jeremiah 8:17“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 9:3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
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