Numbers 21:6
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
KJV
Quam ob rem misit Dominus in populum ignitos serpentes, ad quorum plagas et mortes plurimorum,
Vulgate
καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Κύριος εἰς τὸν λαὸν τοὺς ὄφεις τοὺς θανατοῦντας, καὶ ἔδακνον τὸν λαόν· καὶ ἀπέθανεν λαὸς πολὺς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
ASV
וַ/יְשַׁלַּ֨ח יְהוָ֜ה בָּ/עָ֗ם אֵ֚ת הַ/נְּחָשִׁ֣ים הַ/שְּׂרָפִ֔ים וַֽ/יְנַשְּׁכ֖וּ אֶת הָ/עָ֑ם וַ/יָּ֥מָת עַם רָ֖ב מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
verb · 16×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נָּחָ֖שׁ
nchsh
noun · 31×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שְּׂרָפִ֔ים
shrpym
noun · 7×
Typology
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69
In like manner He points to the cross of Christ in another prophet, who saith, "And when shall these things be accomplished?" The Lord saith, "When a tree shall be bent down, and again arise, and when blood shall flow out of wood." Here again you have an intimation concerning the cross and Him who should be crucified.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1Cor 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- Acts 28:5 — And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
- Amos 9:3 — And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he s
- Deut 8:15 — Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Deut 8:15 — Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
- Gen 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Heb 2:2 — For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
- Isa 14:29 — Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- Isa 30:6 — The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulder
- Jer 8:17 — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
- Jer 8:17 — For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.