And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people,.... Of which there were great numbers in the deserts of Arabia, and about the Red sea; but hitherto the Israelites were protected from them by the…
Barnes' Notes
Fiery serpents - The epithet Deu 8:15; Isa 14:29; Isa 30:6 denotes the inflammatory effect of their bite. The peninsula of Sinai, and not least, the Arabah, abounds in mottled snakes of large size,…
Here is, I. The fatigue of Israel by a long march round the land of Edom, because they could not obtain passage through it the nearest way: The soul of the people was much discouraged because of the…
Cambridge Bible
fiery serpents The Heb. words are both substantives, and both have the article: -the serpents, the fiery creatures." If -fiery" is the correct rendering, it probably refers to their venomous bite…
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