Numbers 21:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the Israelites. The snakes bit them. Many of the people died. ⁷ The others came to Moses. They 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. Put it up on a pole. Then anyone who is bitten can look at it and remain alive.”