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Numbers 21:8-9

Num.21.8-Num.21.9

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8And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” 9So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
Numbers 21:8-9 English Standard Version (ESV)Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

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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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