Jehovah sends poisonous serpents to punish them. Moses once again intercedes, and God instructs him to make a copper serpent and set it upon a pole so that those bitten are cured by gazing at it.
अदोम देशाला वळसा घालून जात असताना इस्राएली लोक थकून जातात आणि देवाविरुद्ध व मोशेविरुद्ध बोलू लागतात.