BIBL 104 Old Testament Narrative 1
Name:
Date: 7/18/2021
Section: BIBL 104-Summer '21
Studying the Old Testament Narratives
Passage: Numbers 21:4-9
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will be studying the Old Testament story of The Bronze Serpent found
in Numbers 21:4-9. You will use the template below in order to complete a study of this passage.
In your study, you will use the skills of Observation, Interpretation, Correlation, and Application
that you have become familiar with through your reading in Everyday Bible Study.
I. Observation
A. I have read Numbers 21:4-9 in both a formal translation (KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, or
CSB) and a functional translation (NIV, NLT, or NCV). Highlight the correct answer. You will
find a copy of the NASB, ESV, CSB, and NLT in your myWSB Library.
• Yes
• No
• Having read the passage in both formal and functional translation, list at least 2
similarities and 3 differences between the way both translations cover this story. You
may list as many similarities and differences that you find as long as you meet the
minimum amount.
Similarities Differences
The way the people came to Moses to Description of the bread.
apologize to talking down on him and the KJV: "and our soul loatheth this light bread."
Lord and asking him to pray for them is the NLT: "and we hate this horrible manna!"
same in the KJV and NLT.
, Verse 5: In the KJV and NLT version, the KJV: "that everyone is bitten, when he
people of Israel questioned God and Moses on looketh upon it, shall live."
why they were brought to Egypt to die.
Name:
Date: 7/18/2021
Section: BIBL 104-Summer '21
Studying the Old Testament Narratives
Passage: Numbers 21:4-9
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will be studying the Old Testament story of The Bronze Serpent found
in Numbers 21:4-9. You will use the template below in order to complete a study of this passage.
In your study, you will use the skills of Observation, Interpretation, Correlation, and Application
that you have become familiar with through your reading in Everyday Bible Study.
I. Observation
A. I have read Numbers 21:4-9 in both a formal translation (KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, or
CSB) and a functional translation (NIV, NLT, or NCV). Highlight the correct answer. You will
find a copy of the NASB, ESV, CSB, and NLT in your myWSB Library.
• Yes
• No
• Having read the passage in both formal and functional translation, list at least 2
similarities and 3 differences between the way both translations cover this story. You
may list as many similarities and differences that you find as long as you meet the
minimum amount.
Similarities Differences
The way the people came to Moses to Description of the bread.
apologize to talking down on him and the KJV: "and our soul loatheth this light bread."
Lord and asking him to pray for them is the NLT: "and we hate this horrible manna!"
same in the KJV and NLT.
, Verse 5: In the KJV and NLT version, the KJV: "that everyone is bitten, when he
people of Israel questioned God and Moses on looketh upon it, shall live."
why they were brought to Egypt to die.
