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Numbers 21:7Num.21.7

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יָּבֹא֩ הָ/עָ֨ם אֶל מֹשֶׁ֜ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ חָטָ֗אנוּ כִּֽי דִבַּ֤רְנוּ בַֽ/יהוָה֙ וָ/בָ֔/ךְ הִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל יְהוָ֔ה וְ/יָסֵ֥ר מֵ/עָלֵ֖י/נוּ אֶת הַ/נָּחָ֑שׁ וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּ֥ל מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּעַ֥ד הָ/עָֽם

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Le peuple vint à Moïse, et dit: Nous avons péché, car nous avons parlé contre l'Eternel et contre toi. Prie l'Eternel, afin qu'il éloigne de nous ces serpents. Moïse pria pour le peuple.

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.

Patristic reading

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  • SS Gregorius I Magnus

    Vita [Ex Ejus Scripstis]

    aevus esse potuit aut Nico- lai I aut II. Qua de re consulendus est em. card. Ba- ronius ad an. 591, num. 21. 7. Haud minori zelo Gregorius cavit monachorum castitati et famae quam clericorum, ut praemonuimus cap. superiori num. 6. Et quidem arctissime alligatos illos volo seu pr…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    atio: apud Septuaginta tamen [Col. 0531C] est τὸν ὄφίν singularitatis numero, ut hic. G. LOAYSA. ] (Num. XXI, 7) , cum non unius serpentis, [Col. 0531A] sed multorum serpentum [Note: [Col. 0531C] Codices serpentium. ] molestias ille populus pateretur. Hoc etiam more et Apostolu…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 105 (Migne)

    vivet. Fecit ergo Moyses serpentem aeneum et posuit pro signo; quem percussi aspicientes sanabantur (Num. XXI, 7) . Ex hoc ergo reprehendendi non sunt qui sanctas habent picturas divinas, per eas recolentes historias, ad laudem et honorem Dei. Magis ille vaniloquus est arguendu…

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