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Numbers 21:7-9 LITV (7) And the people came in to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah  ( יהוה ), and against you. Pray to Jehovah  ( יהוה ), and He shall turn the serpent away from us. And Moses prayed on behalf of the people. (8) And Jehovah  ( יהוה ) spoke to Moses, Make yourself a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that when anyone is bitten, when he sees it, he shall live. (9) And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole; and it happened, if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived.

Numbers 21:7-9 CEV (7) Some of the people went to Moses and admitted, "It was wrong of us to insult you and the LORD  ( יהוה ). Now please ask him to make these snakes go away." Moses prayed, (8) and the LORD  ( יהוה ) answered, "Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and won't die." (9) Moses obeyed the LORD  ( יהוה ). And all of those who looked at the bronze snake lived, even though they had been bitten by the poisonous snakes.

Numbers 21:7-9 NWT 7 Finally the people came to Moses and said: "We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah and against you. Intercede with Jehovah  ( יהוה ) that he may remove the serpents from upon us." And Moses went interceding in behalf of the people. 8 Then Jehovah  ( יהוה ) said to Moses: "Make for yourself a fiery snake and place it upon a signal pole. And it must occur that when anyone has been bitten, he then has to look at it and so must keep alive." 9 Moses at once made a serpent of copper and placed it upon the signal pole; and it did occur that if a serpent had bitten a man and he gazed at the copper serpent, he then kept alive.

Numbers 21:7-9 ASV (7) And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah  ( יהוה ), that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. (8) And Jehovah  ( יהוה ) said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. (9) And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - King James Version

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible YLT - Young's Literal Translation