When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey.

And when it came to rest he would say, "Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel!"

and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many,

So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died.