Numbers 21:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people. The snakes bit the people, and many of the people of Israel died.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

Common English Bible

⁶ So the LORD sent poisonous snakes among the people and they bit the people. Many of the Israelites died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For this reason, the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which wounded or killed many of them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

Numbers 21:6 Cross References

Isaiah 14:29

Country of Philistia, you are very happy because the king that beat you is now dead. But you should not be really happy. It is true that his rule has ended. But the king’s son will come and rule. And it will be like one snake giving birth to a more dangerous snake. This new king will be like a very quick and dangerous snake to you.

Isaiah 30:6

The sad message about the animals in the Negev: {\cf2\super [275]}

Jeremiah 8:17

“People of Judah,\par I am sending poisonous snakes {\cf2\super [73]} \par to attack you.\par Those snakes can’t be controlled.\par Those snakes will bite you.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par

Ezekiel 14:15

\{God said,\} “Or, I might send wild animals through that country. And those animals might kill all the people. No person would travel through that country because of the wild animals.

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test the Lord like some of those people did. They were killed by snakes \{because they tested the Lord\}.

Deuteronomy 8:15

The Lord led you through that great and terrible desert. Poisonous snakes and scorpions [52] were in that desert! The ground was dry, and there was no water anywhere. But the Lord gave you water out of the rock.