7. The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Now pray to the Lord to take these snakes away.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8. Then the Lord told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed.
9. So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten would look at the bronze snake and be healed.
10. The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.
11. After leaving that place, they camped at the ruins of Abarim in the wilderness east of Moabite territory.
12. Then they camped in the Valley of Zered.
13. From there they moved again and camped on the north side of the River Arnon, in the wilderness which extends into Amorite territory. (The Arnon was the border between the Moabites and the Amorites.)
14. That is why The Book of the Lord's Battles speaks of “…the town of Waheb in the area of Suphah, and the valleys; the River Arnon,
15. and the slope of the valleys that extend to the town of Ar and towards the border of Moab.”