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Numbers 21:4-9
Lent B16
4 From MountA HorB they set outC by the wayD to the RedE Sea,F
to go aroundG the landH of Edom;I but the peopleJ became impatientK on the way.
5 The people spokeL against GodM and against Moses,N
“Why have you brought us upO out of EgyptP to dieQ in the wilderness?R
For there is no foodS and no water,T and weU detestV this miserableW food.”
6 Then the LordX sentY poisonousZ serpentsAA among the people, and they bitBB the people, so that many IsraelitesCC died.
7 The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinnedDD by speaking against the Lord and against you; prayEE to the Lord to take awayFF the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and setGG it on a pole;HH and everyone who is bitten shall lookII at it and live.”JJ
9 So Moses made a serpent of bronze,KK and putLL it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone,MM that person would lookNN at the serpent of bronze and live.
Image credit: “Staff at Sunset” – the Brazen Serpent Monument on Mount Nebo. Photo by JoTB, 2009.