6 So athe Lord sent bfiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died.
7 aTherefore the people came to Moses, and said, “We have bsinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; cpray to the Lord that He take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Then the Lord said to Moses, a“Make a bfiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.”
9 So aMoses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.
From Mount Hor to Moab
10 Now the children of Israel moved on and acamped in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, in the wilderness which is east of Moab, toward the sunrise.
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What Does Numbers 21:8 Mean?
Numbers 21:8-9
The people came to regard the snake on the pole very highly, but their regard eventually turned to superstition and their superstition turned to idolatry (II Kings 18:4).
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Sin of Self-Deception
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Numbers 21:8:
Genesis 3:15
Exodus 20:4-5
Galatians 6:14
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