Numbers 21:6

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Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died.

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  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and they were killed by snakes.
  • Deut 8:15 : 15 He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.
  • Isa 14:29 : 29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the serpent will emerge a viper, and its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 An oracle concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lions, lionesses, adders, and flying serpents, they carry their wealth on donkeys’ backs and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people who will not help them.
  • Amos 9:3-4 : 3 'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.' 4 'If they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.'
  • Gen 3:14-15 : 14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.' 15 'And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.'

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  • Num 21:7-9
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    7The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people.

    8The LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.'

    9So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole, and if a serpent bit someone, they looked at the bronze serpent and lived.

  • Num 11:33
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    33But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and He struck them with a severe plague.

  • Jer 8:17
    75%

    17See, I am sending venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you, declares the LORD.

  • Num 21:4-5
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    75%

    4They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient along the way.

    5The people spoke against God and Moses: 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we detest this miserable food!'

  • Num 11:1-2
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    1Now the people began to complain bitterly in the hearing of the LORD, and when the LORD heard this, His anger burned, and fire from the LORD consumed the outskirts of the camp.

    2Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire subsided.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and they were killed by snakes.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

  • Lev 10:2
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    2Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

  • Num 25:9-10
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    72%

    9But those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 20:3-4
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    72%

    3The people quarreled with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

    4Why have you brought the LORD's assembly into this wilderness, for us and our livestock to die here?

  • Ps 78:31
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    31Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.

  • Exod 32:35
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    35Then the LORD struck the people with a plague, because of what they had done with the calf Aaron had made.

  • Num 31:16
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    16Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Exod 17:3-4
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    71%

    3But the people were very thirsty for water there, and they complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

    4Then Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What should I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me!"

  • Num 16:21
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    21"Separate yourselves from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once."

  • Exod 4:3
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    3Then He said, 'Throw it to the ground.' So Moses threw it to the ground, and it became a serpent, and he ran away from it.

  • Exod 16:2-3
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    2The entire assembly of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt, where we sat by pots of meat and ate bread until we were full! But you brought us into this wilderness to kill this entire assembly with hunger."

  • Num 14:11
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    11The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

  • 1 Chr 21:14
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    14So the LORD sent a plague on Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.

  • Num 14:2
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    2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole community said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt or in this wilderness!

  • Ps 78:45
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    45He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.

  • Num 25:3
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    3Israel yoked itself to Baal of Peor, and the LORD's anger burned against Israel.

  • Deut 7:20
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    20Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hiding from you perish.

  • Deut 28:21-22
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    21The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess.

    22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, scorching heat, drought, blight, and mildew, which will pursue you until you perish.

  • Num 14:16
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    16'The LORD was not able to bring these people into the land he promised them on oath, so he slaughtered them in the wilderness.'

  • 2 Sam 24:15
    70%

    15So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beersheba.

  • Deut 32:24
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    24Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.

  • Deut 9:22
    70%

    22You continued to provoke the LORD to anger at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah.

  • Deut 8:15
    70%

    15He led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, filled with venomous snakes, scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought water for you out of a rock of flint.

  • Ps 78:21
    70%

    21Therefore, when the Lord heard this, He became furious; a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger rose against Israel.

  • Exod 32:11
    70%

    11But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God and said, "LORD, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?"

  • Exod 32:21
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    21Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did these people do to you that you led them into such a great sin?"

  • Num 11:21
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    21But Moses said, 'Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and You say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month’?

  • Deut 2:15
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    15Indeed, the LORD's hand was against them, eliminating them from within the camp until they were all destroyed.

  • Deut 1:27
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    27You grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us.'

  • Exod 5:21
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    21They said to them, "May the Lord see and judge you, because you have made us obnoxious in the eyes of Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."