6. So the lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died.
7. Then the people came to Moses and cried out, “We have sinned by speaking against the lord and against you. Pray that the lord will take away the snakes.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8. Then the lord told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!”
9. So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!
10. The Israelites traveled next to Oboth and camped there.
11. Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
12. From there they traveled to the valley of Zered Brook and set up camp.
13. Then they moved out and camped on the far side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness adjacent to the territory of the Amorites. The Arnon is the boundary line between the Moabites and the Amorites.
14. For this reason The Book of the Wars of the lord speaks of “the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the ravines of the Arnon River,
15. and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.”
16. From there the Israelites traveled to Beer, which is the well where the lord said to Moses, “Assemble the people, and I will give them water.”