Numbers 21:4-6

Common English Bible

The bronze snake’s healing power

⁴ They marched from Mount Hor on the Reed Sea^[a] road around the land of Edom. The people became impatient on the road. ⁵ The people spoke against God and Moses: “Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us in the desert, where there is no food or water. And we detest this miserable bread!” ⁶ So the Lord sent poisonous^[b] snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died.