Numbers 21:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ And יהוה  said to Mosheh, “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole. And it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.

Common English Bible

⁸ The LORD said to Moses, “Make a poisonous snake and place it on a pole. Whoever is bitten can look at it and live.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And the Lord said to him: "Make a bronze serpent, and place it as a sign. Whoever, having been struck, gazes upon it, shall live."

Numbers 21:8 Cross References

2 Kings 18:4

He took away the high places and broke the pillars, and cut down the Ashĕ

Psalm 145:8

יהוה  shows favour and is compassionate, Patient and great in kindness.

Isaiah 14:29

“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent’s roots comes forth an adder, and its offspring is a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 30:6

The message concerning the beasts of the South. Through a land of trouble and distress, from which came the lioness and lion, the adder and fiery flying serpent, they convey their riches on the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to an unprofitable people,

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to Me and be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am Ě

John 3:14

“And as Mosheh lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so the Son of Aḏ