And the peopleוַ הָעָםspokeיְדַבֵּרagainst Elohimבֵּאלֹהִיםandוּagainst Moses:בְמֹשֶׁה“Whyלָמָהhave you brought us upהֶעֱלִיתֻנוּfrom Egyptמִמִּצְרַיִםto dieלָמוּתin the wilderness?בַּמִּדְבָּרForכִּיthere is noאֵיןbreadלֶחֶםandוְthere is noאֵיןwater,מַיִםand our soulוְנַפְשֵׁנוּloathesקָצָהthisהַworthlessקְּלֹקֵלfood.”בַּלֶּחֶם
Explicit type · 1 Corinthians 10:9
Go to 1 Corinthians 10:9Paul gives as an example those who died from the serpents after speaking against God and against Moses (Numbers 21:5-6).
The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:
ταῦτα δὲ τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν ἐκείνοις “these things happened to them as examples” (1 Corinthians 10:11)
- נְּחָשִׁיםnejashimH5175ὄφεωνopheōnG3789“serpent”