Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
KJV
venerunt ad Moysen, atque dixerunt : Peccavimus, quia locuti sumus contra Dominum et te : ora ut tollat a nobis serpentes. Oravitque Moyses pro populo,
Vulgate
καὶ παραγενόμενος ὁ λαὸς πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἔλεγον ὅτι Ἡμάρτομεν ὅτι κατελαλήσαμεν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ σοῦ· εὖξαι οὖν πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ ἀφελέτω ἀφ’ ἡμῶν τὸν ὄφιν. καὶ ηὔξατο Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ.
LXX
And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹא֩ הָ/עָ֨ם אֶל מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ חָטָ֗אנוּ כִּֽי דִבַּ֤רְנוּ בַֽ/יהוָה֙ וָ/בָ֔/ךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְ/יָסֵ֥ר מֵ/עָלֵ֖י/נוּ אֶת הַ/נָּחָ֑שׁ וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד הָ/עָֽם
Hebrew
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15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 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
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:6 — And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king
- 1Kgs 13:6 — And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king
- 2Kgs 13:4 — And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
- Acts 8:24 — Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
- Acts 8:24 — Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
- Exod 8:8 — Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD
- Exod 8:8 — Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD
- Exod 8:28 — And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
- Exod 16:8 — And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: an
- Jas 5:16 — Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
- Jer 37:3 — And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
- John 3:14 — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
- Num 11:2 — And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
- Num 11:2 — And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
- Ps 78:34 — When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Ps 78:34 — When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- Ps 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;