Numbers 21:9

And Moshe made a nachash of nechoshet, put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a nachash had bitten any man, when he beheld the nachash hanechoshet, then he lived. + 21:9 See Yn 3:14-15

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

In Context

8And Hashem said unto Moshe, Make thee a fiery serpent, set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

10And the Bnei Yisroel set out, and encamped in Ovot.

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:4He removed the + 18:4 idolatrous high places and smashed the matzevot, and cut down the Asherah, and broke in pieces the nachash nechoshet that Moshe had made; for up to those yamim the Bnei Yisroel did burn ketoret to it; and it was called Nechushtan.

Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the Bais Dovid, and upon the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, the Ruach (Spirit) of Chen (grace) and of Tachanunim (supplications for favor); and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, + 12:10 dakar, “pierce through” cf. Isa 53:5 ; Targum HaShivim Ps 22:17 and they shall mourn for Him (Moshiach) as one mourneth for his yachid (only son), and shall grieve in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his bechor (firstborn).

John 3:14And as Moshe lifted up the nachash in the wilderness, + 3:14 Num 21:8-9 so it is necessary for there to be a hagbah (lifting up) of the Bar Enosh. + 3:14 Ps 22; Isa 53

John 12:32And if I receive the hagbah (lifting up) from ha'aretz, I will draw kol Bnei Adam to myself. + 12:32 Isa 11:10

Romans 5:20The [epoch of the] Gezetz came to increase the averah (transgression); but where Chet (Sin, Chet Kadmon) increased, unmerited Chen v'Chesed Hashem overflowed in abundance,

2 Corinthians 5:21The one who in his person had no da'as of chataah (sin), + 5:21 Ac 3:14; Yn 8:46; MJ 4:15; 7:26; 1K 2:22; 1Y 3:5 this one Hashem made chataah + 5:21 Isa 53:6 on our behalf that we might become the Tzidkat Hashem + 5:21 Dan 9:24 in Moshiach. + 5:21 1C 1:30; Pp 3:9

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 →

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