Deuteronomy 8:15
15and who brought you through the great, fearful wilderness of venomous serpents ▼▼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).
and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow ▼▼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.
from a flint rock and
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