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Deuteronomy 8:15
New English Translation

15 and who brought you through the great, fearful wilderness of venomous serpents[a] and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow[b] from a flint rock and

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  1. Deuteronomy 8:15 tn Heb “flaming serpents”; KJV, NASB “fiery serpents”; NAB “saraph serpents.” This figure of speech (metonymy) probably describes the venomous and painful results of snakebite. The feeling from such an experience would be like a burning fire (שָׂרָף, saraf).
  2. Deuteronomy 8:15 tn Heb “the one who brought out for you water.” In the Hebrew text this continues the preceding sentence, but the translation begins a new sentence here for stylistic reasons.
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