And the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt to kill us in the wilderness? There is neither bread nor water, and we’ve had it with this stupid manna."1 And the Lord sent deadly serpents among the people, and they began biting the people, and many of the sons of Israel died. And the people came to Moses and said to him, "We have sinned because we spoke against the Lord and against you. So now, pray to the Lord that he free us from the serpents." So Moses prayed to the Lord for the people, and the Lord said to Moses, "Make a serpent and put it upon a pole. And it will be that if a serpent bite anyone, everyone who has been bitten, if they look at it, they will live." So Moses made a copper serpent a…