Numbers 21:7 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The people murmuring, are plagued with fiery serpents, They repenting, are healed through the brazen serpentThe children of Israel were wearied by a long march round the land of Edom. They speak discontentedly of what God had done for them, and distrustfully of...
Thompson Chains
- Confession of Sin (2)Starts here · next Judges 10:10 · 8 links
- GuiltLink 3 of 8 · next Ezra 9:6
- Prayer SoughtSee the chain from 1 Samuel 7:8 · 6 links
- Intercession (3)See the chain from Exodus 32:32 · 8 links
- Confession ofThe only link
Cross References
- Exodus 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.
- Numbers 11:2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
- Psalms 78:34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
- 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.
- Exodus 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.
- 1 Kings 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's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
- Genesis 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
- Exodus 9:27–28 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. …
- Exodus 32:11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
- Exodus 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
- Numbers 14:17–20 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, …
- Deuteronomy 9:20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
- Deuteronomy 9:26–29 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. …
- 1 Samuel 12:19–23 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. …
- 1 Samuel 15:24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
- 1 Samuel 15:30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
- Job 42:8 Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
- Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Psalms 106:23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
- Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Hosea 5:15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- Matthew 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
- James 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.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Benefits of, illustrated
- Animals Sent in judgment
- Conviction Their complaining against God and being bitten by fiery serpents
- Intercession For Israel
- Israel Are scourged with fiery (poisonous) serpents
- Miracles The scourge of serpents
- Repentance Of their complaining because of lack of bread and water, when the plague of fiery serpents came upon them
- Salvation Typified by the bronze serpent
- Serpent Fiery (poisonous), sent as a plague upon the Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
Strong’s Numbers
- Therefore the people עַם ʻam
- came בּוֹא bôwʼ
- to Moses מֹשֶׁה Môsheh
- and said אָמַר ʼâmar
- We have sinned חָטָא châṭâʼ
- for we have spoken דָבַר dâbar
- against the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- and against thee; pray פָּלַל pâlal
- unto the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- that he take away סוּר çûwr
- the serpents נָחָשׁ nâchâsh
- from us. And Moses מֹשֶׁה Môsheh
- prayed פָּלַל pâlal
- for the people עַם ʻam
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