Numbers 21:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore the Lorde sent fierie serpents among ye people, which stung the people: so that many of the people of Israel died.

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  • 1 Cor 10:9 : 9 Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted him, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • Deut 8:15 : 15 Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes (wherein were fierie serpents, & scorpions, and drought, where was no water, who brought forth water for thee out of ye rock of flint:
  • Jer 8:17 : 17 For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shal sting you, sayth the Lord.
  • Isa 14:29 : 29 Reioyce not, (thou whole Palestina) because the rod of him that did beat thee, is broken for out of the serpents roote shal come forth a cockatrise, & the fruit therof shalbe a firy flying serpent.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 The burden of the beasts of the South, in a land of trouble and anguish, from whence shall come the yong and olde lyon, the viper and fierie flying serpent against them that shall beare their riches vpon the shoulders of the coltes, and their treasures vpon the bounches of the camels, to a people that cannot profite.
  • Amos 9:3-4 : 3 And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them. 4 And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.
  • Gen 3:14-15 : 14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life. 15 I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.

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  • Num 21:7-9
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    7Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people.

    8And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue.

    9So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.

  • Num 11:33
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    33While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague.

  • Jer 8:17
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    17For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shal sting you, sayth the Lord.

  • Num 21:4-5
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    4After, they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the red Sea, to compasse the land of Edom: and the people were sore grieued because of the way.

    5And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, & our soule lotheth this light bread.

  • Num 11:1-2
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    1Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste.

    2Then the people cryed vnto Moses: and when Moses praied vnto the Lorde, the fire was quenched.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
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    9Neither let vs tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted him, and were destroyed of serpents.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not their boundes, to go vp to the Lord to gaze, least many of them perish.

  • Lev 10:2
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    2Therefore a fire went out from the Lord, & deuoured them: so they dyed before the Lord.

  • Num 25:9-10
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    9And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

    10Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Num 20:3-4
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    3And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.

    4Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

  • Ps 78:31
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    31When the wrath of God came euen vpon them, and slew the strongest of them, and smote downe the chosen men in Israel.

  • Exod 32:35
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    35So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made.

  • Num 31:16
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    16Behold, these caused the children of Israel through the counsell of Balaam to commit a trespasse against the Lorde, as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lorde.

  • Exod 17:3-4
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    3So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?

    4And Moses cried to the Lorde, saying, What shal I do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.

  • Num 16:21
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    21Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.

  • Num 16:41
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    41But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord.

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    3Then said he, Cast it on the ground. So he cast it on the grounde, and it was turned into a serpent: and Moses fled from it.

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    2And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron in the wildernesse.

    3For the children of Israel sayde to them, Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, when wee ate bread our bellies full: for yee haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kill this whole company with famine.

  • Num 14:11
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    11And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

  • 1 Chr 21:14
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    14So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel, and there fell of Israel seuentie thousande men.

  • Num 14:2
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    2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead.

  • Ps 78:45
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    45Hee sent a swarme of flies among them, which deuoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.

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    3And Israel coupled himselfe vnto Baal Peor: wherefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel:

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    20Moreouer, the Lorde thy God will send hornets among them vntil they that are left, and hide themselues from thee, be destroyed.

  • Deut 28:21-22
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    21The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he hath consumed thee from the land, whither thou goest to possesse it.

    22The Lorde shall smite thee with a consumption, and with the feuer, and with a burning ague, and with feruent heate, & with the sworde, and with blasting, and with the mildew, & they shal pursue thee vntill thou perish.

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    16Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the lande, which he sware vnto them, therefore hath he slaine them in the wildernesse.

  • 2 Sam 24:15
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    15So the Lord sent a pestilece in Israel, from the morning euen to the time appointed: & there dyed of the people from Dan euen to Beer-sheba seuentie thousand men.

  • Deut 32:24
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    24They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I will also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the venime of serpents creeping in the dust.

  • Deut 9:22
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    22Also in Taberah, & in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger.

  • Deut 8:15
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    15Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes (wherein were fierie serpents, & scorpions, and drought, where was no water, who brought forth water for thee out of ye rock of flint:

  • Ps 78:21
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    21Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, & also wrath came vpon Israel,

  • Exod 32:11
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    11But Moses praied vnto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand?

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    21Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them?

  • Num 11:21
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    21And Moses saide, Six hundreth thousande footemen are there of the people, among whom I am: and thou saiest, I will giue them flesh, that they may eate a moneth long.

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    15For in deede the hand of the Lorde was against them, to destroy them from among the hoste, till they were consumed.

  • Deut 1:27
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    27And murmured in your tentes, & sayd, Because the Lorde hated vs, therefore hath hee brought vs out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy vs.

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    21To whom they said, The Lord looke vpon you and iudge: for yee haue made our sauour to stinke before Pharaoh and before his seruants, in that ye haue put a sword in their hand to slay vs.