Numbers 21:9

Therfor Moyses made a serpent of bras, and settide for a signe; and men smytun and biholdynge it, weren heelid.

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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 Moises preiede for the puple; and the Lord seide to hym, Make thou a serpent of bras, + 21:8 of bras is not here in Ebreu, but aftirward. and sette thou it for a signe + 21:8 a signe, in Ebreu it is, in a perche. ; he that is smytun and biholdith it, schal lyue.

10And the sones of Israel yeden forth,

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Cross References

John 3:14And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,

John 12:32And if Y schal be enhaunsid fro the erthe, Y schal drawe alle thingis to my silf.

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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