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Accordingly Moses made a bronze serpent[a] and mounted it on a pole, and whenever the serpent bit someone, the person looked at the bronze serpent and recovered.(A)

Journey Around Moab. 10 The Israelites moved on and encamped in Oboth.(B) 11 Then they moved on from Oboth and encamped in Iye-abarim[b] in the wilderness facing Moab on the east.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:9 King Hezekiah, in his efforts to reform Israelite worship, “smashed the bronze serpent Moses had made” (2 Kgs 18:4).
  2. 21:11 Iye-abarim: probably means “the ruins in the Abarim (Mountains).” See note on 27:12.

So Moses made a bronze snake(A) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.(B)

The Journey to Moab

10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.(C) 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab(D) toward the sunrise.

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