Numbers 21:4-6

Modern English Version

The Bronze Serpent

⁴ They journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the soul of the people was very discouraged because of the way. ⁵ The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread or water, and our soul loathes this worthless manna.”

⁶ So the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many children of Israel died.