Numbers 21:9
Moses [Drawn out] made a serpent + 21:9. Quoted in John 3:14 of bronze, and set it + 21:9. MP: The one providing atonement is lifted up on a stake to restore healing to man. (John 3:14 (context 3:14-18), 12:32-34; Acts 3:26) on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
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In Context
10The children of Israel [God prevails] traveled, and encamped in Oboth.
Cross References
John 3:14+ 3:14 (14-15) MP: Messiah is from Jesse’s household and is a banner and rallying point to the nations, the Gentiles. (See also Is 11:1, 49:6, 60:1-3). (Is 11:10b) + 3:14 (14-18) MP: The one providing atonement is lifted up on a stake to restore healing to man. (Num 21:9) As Moses [Drawn out] lifted up the serpent + 3:14. Quoted from Num 21:9 in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
John 12:32+ 12:32 (32-34) MP: The one providing atonement is lifted up on a stake to restore healing to man. (Num 21:9) + 12:32. MP: Messiah is rejected by his own Jewish people, “we did not esteem him”. Yet (Is 49:6 and 60:1-3) says the Messiah’s light draws the Gentiles to Him. (Is 53:3b) And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
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 →