Numbers 21:4-6

Expanded Bible

The Bronze Snake

⁴ The Israelites left Mount Hor and went on the road toward the ·Red [or Reed] Sea, in order to go around the country of Edom. But the people became impatient on the way ⁵ and ·grumbled at [^Lspoke against] God and Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this ·desert [wilderness]? There is no bread and no water, and we hate this terrible food!”

⁶ So the Lord sent them ·poisonous [^Lburning] snakes; they bit the people, and many of the ·Israelites [^Lpeople from Israel] died.