Numbers 21:4-6

The Voice

⁴And the Israelites set out again. They left Mount Hor and traveled by way of the Red Sea,^[a] skirting Edom; but again, the difficult travel gave everyone a short temper. ⁵They challenged both God and Moses.

Israelites: What were you thinking to bring us up out of Egypt and let us die out here in this desert land? There’s nothing to eat and no water either. We are sick and tired of living on what food we have.

⁶As a divine response, the Eternal One sent venomous snakes^[b] among them and the people were bitten. A number of Israelites were indeed killed by them.

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