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Numbers 21:8-9

Num.21.8-Num.21.9

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8The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
Numbers 21:8-9 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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  1. John 3:14-15 alludes to Numbers 21:8-9

    Strong allusion or echoHigh confidence

    Jesus Himself draws the comparison: as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness so that the bitten might live, so the Son of Man must be lifted up so that believers may have eternal life.

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