Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard. And it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10And the sons of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah, and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made. For to those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only
John 3:14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,
John 12:32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself.
Romans 5:20And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,
2 Corinthians 5:21For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:5-10
The Brazen Serpent. ( b. c. 1452.) 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel… Read the whole commentary →