Deu 8:15 | NETfull | STEP | and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

Deuteronomy 8:15

15 and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ 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