'Serpents' in the Bible

For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

The Lord sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

So the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord and you; intercede with the Lord, that He may remove the serpents from us.” And Moses interceded for the people.

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

“Their wine is the venom of serpents,And the deadly poison of cobras.

“For behold, I am sending serpents against you,Adders, for which there is no charm,And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.