Numbers 21:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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  • John 3:14-15 : 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
  • 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
  • Zech 12:10 : 10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
  • John 6:40 : 40 And this is the will of him who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 12:32 : 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
  • Rom 1:17 : 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'
  • Rom 5:20-21 : 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more: 21 So that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, to condemn sin in the flesh.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 John 3:8 : 8 He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
  • Isa 45:22 : 22 Look to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is no other.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 21:6-8
    3 verses
    95%

    6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

    7Therefore 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. And Moses prayed for the people.

    8And the LORD said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looks upon it, shall live.

  • John 3:14
    79%

    14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

  • Exod 4:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.

    3And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it.

    4And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.

  • Exod 7:8-10
    3 verses
    70%

    8And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

    9When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for you, then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

    10And Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded, and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

  • 1 Cor 10:9
    69%

    9Do not tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by snakes.

  • Exod 9:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10And they took ashes from the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward heaven; and it became boils breaking out with sores upon man and beast.

    11And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians.

  • Mark 16:18
    68%

    18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

  • Num 21:10
    67%

    10And the children of Israel set out, and camped in Oboth.

  • Acts 7:31
    67%

    31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • Jer 8:17
    67%

    17For behold, I will send serpents, vipers, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the LORD.

  • Exod 7:12
    67%

    12For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents, but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.

  • 2 Kgs 18:4
    67%

    4He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.

  • Num 25:10
    67%

    10And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 20:9
    67%

    9So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded him.

  • Amos 5:19
    67%

    19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Num 17:9-11
    3 verses
    67%

    9And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and each man took his rod.

    10And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron's rod back before the testimony, to be kept as a sign against the rebels; and you shall completely remove their murmurings from me, that they do not die.

    11And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so he did.

  • Exod 15:25-26
    2 verses
    66%

    25And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them,

    26And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do what is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD who heals you.

  • Exod 7:15
    66%

    15Go to Pharaoh in the morning; see, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's edge until he comes; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand.

  • Acts 28:3
    66%

    3And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened on his hand.

  • Exod 17:6
    66%

    6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

  • Exod 19:21
    66%

    21And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Amos 9:3
    65%

    3And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

  • Prov 23:32
    65%

    32At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a viper.

  • Exod 7:20
    65%

    20And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

  • Num 16:48
    65%

    48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

  • Num 20:11
    65%

    11Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod, and water came out abundantly; and the congregation and their livestock drank.

  • Exod 30:17
    65%

    17And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 19:1
    65%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Lev 13:1
    65%

    1And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

  • Deut 8:15
    65%

    15Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you water out of the rock of flint;

  • Neh 9:18
    65%

    18Even when they made a molten calf for themselves, and said, 'This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt,' and committed great provocations,

  • Exod 19:17
    65%

    17And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

  • Exod 17:15
    65%

    15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it The LORD is my banner:

  • Lev 24:13
    64%

    13And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 31:16
    64%

    16Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Deut 9:16
    64%

    16And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.