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Num. 21:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thereforeo the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, We have sinned
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
, for we have spoken
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
a against the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and against thee; pray
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
b unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, that he take away
cuwr (Hebrew #5493)
a primitive root; to turn off (literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), X grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, X be sour, take (away, off), turn (aside, away, in), withdraw, be without.
Pronounce: soor
Origin: or suwr (Hosea 9:12) {soor}
the serpents
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
from us. And Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
d for the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
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Psa. 78:34• 34When he slew them, then they enquired after him,{HR}And turned and sought God (El) eagerly. (Psa. 78:34)
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Num. 21:5• 5{i}and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.{/i} (Num. 21:5)
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Ex. 8:8,28• 8{i}And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat Jehovah, that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Jehovah.{/i}
 28{i}And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only, go not very far away: intreat for me!{/i} (Ex. 8:8,28)
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Deut. 9:20,26• 20{i}And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.{/i}
 26{i}I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand.{/i} (Deut. 9:20,26)
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1 Sam. 12:19• 19{i}And all the people said to Samuel{/i}, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. (1 Sam. 12:19)
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1 Kings 13:6• 6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God besought Jehovah and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before. (1 Kings 13:6)
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Job 42:8,10• 8And now take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and Job, my servant, shall pray for you — for surely his face I accept — that I may not deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken to me rightly as my servant Job.
 10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold. (Job 42:8,10)
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Jer. 15:1• 1{i}And Jehovah said unto me,{/i} 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. (Jer. 15:1)
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Acts 8:24• 24And Simon said in answer, Beseech ye for me with the Lord that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. (Acts 8:24)
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James 5:16• 16Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work. (James 5:16)
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Psa. 106:23• 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying. (Psa. 106:23)

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Moses,
Prayer,
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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 9:27‑28• 27{i}And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous one, but I and my people are the wicked ones.{/i}
 28{i}Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder of God and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer!{/i} (Ex. 9:27‑28)
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1 Sam. 12:19• 19{i}And all the people said to Samuel{/i}, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. (1 Sam. 12:19)
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1 Sam. 15:24,30• 24And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Jehovah, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
 30Then 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 Jehovah thy God. (1 Sam. 15:24,30)
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Psa. 78:34• 34When he slew them, then they enquired after him,{HR}And turned and sought God (El) eagerly. (Psa. 78:34)
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Matt. 27:4• 4{i}saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that].{/i} (Matt. 27:4)
pray.
Ex. 8:8,28• 8{i}And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat Jehovah, that he may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Jehovah.{/i}
 28{i}And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only, go not very far away: intreat for me!{/i} (Ex. 8:8,28)
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1 Kings 13:6• 6And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God besought Jehovah and the king's hand was restored to him again, and became as it was before. (1 Kings 13:6)
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Jer. 37:3• 3And 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 Jehovah our God for us. (Jer. 37:3)
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Acts 8:24• 24And Simon said in answer, Beseech ye for me with the Lord that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me. (Acts 8:24)
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James 5:16• 16Confess therefore your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. A righteous [one's] supplication hath much power if it work. (James 5:16)
And Moses.
Num. 11:2• 2{i}And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah—and the fire abated.{/i} (Num. 11:2)
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Num. 14:17‑20• 17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken.
 18Jehovah is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
 19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
 20And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word: (Num. 14:17‑20)
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Gen. 20:7• 7Now 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 that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. (Gen. 20:7)
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Ex. 32:11,30• 11And Moses besought Jehovah his God and said, Jehovah, 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?
 30{i}And it came to pass the next day, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah: perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.{/i} (Ex. 32:11,30)
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Deut. 9:20,26‑29• 20{i}And with Aaron Jehovah was very angry to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.{/i}
 26{i}I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand.{/i}
 27{i}Remember thy servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin;{/i}
 28{i}lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he had promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.{/i}
 29{i}They are indeed thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out with thy great power and with thy stretched-out arm.{/i} (Deut. 9:20,26‑29)
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1 Sam. 12:20‑23• 20And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart;
 21and turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
 22For Jehovah will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; {i}because it has pleased Jehovah to make you his people.{/i}
 23{i}Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you; and I will teach you the good and right way{/i}. (1 Sam. 12:20‑23)
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Job 42:8,10• 8And now take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and Job, my servant, shall pray for you — for surely his face I accept — that I may not deal with you [after your] folly, for ye have not spoken to me rightly as my servant Job.
 10And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job in his praying for his friends; and Jehovah increased all that Job had two-fold. (Job 42:8,10)
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Psa. 106:23• 23And he said he would destroy them,{HR}Had not Moses stood in the breach before him,{HR}To turn away his wrath from destroying. (Psa. 106:23)
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Jer. 15:1• 1{i}And Jehovah said unto me,{/i} 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. (Jer. 15:1)
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Rom. 10:1• 1Brethren, the delight of my heart and my supplication to God, on their behalf [is] for salvation. (Rom. 10:1)
• There was healing by the look of faith on Christ lifted up for us. This is not priesthood for the journey, but an absolute remedy for death by sin. It is in general what God is for the people outside wilderness care. (“Numbers 20” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

W. Kelly Translation

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And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)