⁷ The people came to Moses^(A) and said, “We sinned^(B) when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord^(C) will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed^(D) for the people.

⁸ The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole;^(E) anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” ⁹ So Moses made a bronze snake^(F) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.^(G)

² Then Israel made this vow^(A) to the Lord: “If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy^[a](B) their cities.”