Numbers 21:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah sendeth among the people the burning serpents, and they bite the people, and much people of Israel die;

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  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
  • Deut 8:15 : 15 who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Isa 14:29 : 29 Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, That broken hath been the rod of thy smiter, For from the root of a serpent cometh out a viper, And its fruit `is' a flying saraph.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the south. Into a land of adversity and distress, Of young lion and of old lion, Whence `are' viper and flying saraph, They carry on the shoulder of asses their wealth, And on the hump of camels their treasures, Unto a people not profitable.
  • Amos 9:3-4 : 3 And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them. 4 And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them, And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good.
  • Gen 3:14-15 : 14 And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed `art' thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life; 15 and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

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    7and the people come in unto Moses and say, `We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, and He doth turn aside from us the serpent;' and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people.

    8And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Make for thee a burning `serpent', and set it on an ensign; and it hath been, every one who is bitten and hath seen it -- he hath lived.

    9And Moses maketh a serpent of brass, and setteth it on the ensign, and it hath been, if the serpent hath bitten any man, and he hath looked expectingly unto the serpent of brass -- he hath lived.

  • Num 11:33
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    33The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;

  • Jer 8:17
    75%

    17For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Num 21:4-5
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    4And they journey from mount Hor, the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom, and the soul of the people is short in the way,

    5and the people speak against God, and against Moses, `Why hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to die in a wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water, and our soul hath been weary of this light bread.'

  • Num 11:1-2
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    1And the people is evil, as those sighing habitually in the ears of Jehovah, and Jehovah heareth, and His anger burneth, and the fire of Jehovah burneth among them, and consumeth in the extremity of the camp.

    2And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;

  • Exod 19:21
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    21And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;

  • Lev 10:2
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    2and fire goeth out from before Jehovah, and consumeth them, and they die before Jehovah.

  • Num 25:9-10
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    9and the dead by the plague are four and twenty thousand.

    10And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • Num 20:3-4
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    3and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!

    4and why have ye brought in the assembly of Jehovah unto this wilderness to die there, we and our beasts?

  • Ps 78:31
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    31And the anger of God hath gone up against them, And He slayeth among their fat ones, And youths of Israel He caused to bend.

  • Exod 32:35
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    35And Jehovah plagueth the people, because they made the calf which Aaron made.

  • Num 31:16
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    16lo, they -- they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah.

  • Exod 17:3-4
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    3and the people thirst there for water, and the people murmur against Moses, and say, `Why `is' this? -- thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to put us to death, also our sons and our cattle, with thirst.'

    4And Moses crieth to Jehovah, saying, `What do I to this people? yet a little, and they have stoned me.'

  • Num 16:21
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    21`Be ye separated from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;'

  • Num 16:41
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    41And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur, on the morrow, against Moses and against Aaron, saying, `Ye -- ye have put to death the people of Jehovah.'

  • Exod 4:3
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    3and He saith, `Cast it to the earth;' and he casteth it to the earth, and it becometh a serpent -- and Moses fleeth from its presence.

  • Exod 16:2-3
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    2And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

    3and the sons of Israel say unto them, `Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

  • Num 14:11
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    11And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Until when doth this people despise Me? and until when do they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have done in its midst?

  • 1 Chr 21:14
    70%

    14And Jehovah giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men,

  • Num 14:2
    70%

    2and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!

  • Ps 78:45
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    45He sendeth among them the beetle, and it consumeth them, And the frog, and it destroyeth them,

  • Num 25:3
    70%

    3and Israel is joined to Baal-Peor, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel.

  • Deut 7:20
    70%

    20`And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

  • Deut 28:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21`Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.

    22`Jehovah doth smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued thee till thou perish

  • Num 14:16
    70%

    16From Jehovah's want of ability to bring in this people unto the land which He hath sworn to them -- He doth slaughter them in the wilderness.

  • 2 Sam 24:15
    70%

    15And Jehovah giveth a pestilence on Israel from the morning even unto the time appointed, and there die of the people, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, seventy thousand men,

  • Deut 32:24
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    24Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22`And in Taberah, and in Massah, and in Kibroth-Hattaavah, ye have been making Jehovah wroth:

  • Deut 8:15
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    15who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

  • Ps 78:21
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    21Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against Israel,

  • Exod 32:11
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    11And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

  • Exod 32:21
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    21And Moses saith unto Aaron, `What hath this people done to thee, that thou hast brought in upon it a great sin?'

  • Num 11:21
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    21And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen `are' the people in whose midst I `am'; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!

  • Deut 2:15
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    15and also the hand of Jehovah hath been against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, till they are consumed.

  • Deut 1:27
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    27and murmur in your tents, and say, In Jehovah's hating us He hath brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorite -- to destroy us;

  • Exod 5:21
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    21and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'