But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs.

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc> sent poisonous<n id="1" /> snakes<n id="2" /> among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.

<p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks<n id="1" /> at it, he will live.&#8221;

and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents<n id="1" /> and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow<n id="2" /> from a flint rock and

Seraphs<n id="1" /> stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet,<n id="2" /> and they used the remaining two to fly.

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be so happy, all you Philistines,p> <p class="poetry">just because the club that beat you has been broken!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For a viper will grow out of the serpent&#8217;s root,p> <p class="poetry">and its fruit will be a darting adder.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is a message<n id="1" /> about the animals in the Negev:p> <p class="poetry">Through a land of distress and danger,p> <p class="poetry">inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">by snakes and darting adders,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">they transport<n id="4" /> their wealth on the backs of donkeys,p> <p class="poetry">their riches on the humps of camels,p> <p class="poetry">to a nation that cannot help them.<n id="5" />p>