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From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea ,
to go around the land of Edom ;
and the people became impatient on the way .
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And the people spoke against God and against Moses , "
Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness ?
For there is no food and no water ,
and we loathe this worthless food ."
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Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people ,
and they bit the people ,
so that many people of Israel died .
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And the people came to Moses ,
and said , "
We have sinned ,
for we have spoken against the LORD and against you ;
pray to the LORD ,
that he take away the serpents from us ."
So Moses prayed for the people .
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Make a fiery serpent ,
and set it on a pole ;
and every one who is bitten ,
when he sees it ,
shall live ."
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So Moses made a bronze serpent ,
and set it on a pole ;
and if a serpent bit any man ,
he would look at the bronze serpent and live .