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Numbers 21:9

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7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

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

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.

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

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BSB
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
KJV
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.
WEB
Moses made a serpent of bronze, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of bronze, he lived.
ASV
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
DARBY
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
BLB
And Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole. And it came to pass [that], if a serpent had bitten anyone, and he looked unto the bronze serpent, he lived.
ÅB
Så gjorde Moses en kobberslange og satte den på en stang; og når en slange hadde bitt noen, og han så på kobberslangen, ble han i live.
OTB
Så laget Moses en kobberslange og satte den på en stang; når en slange bet noen, og den personen så på kobberslangen, overlevde de.
B1930
Så gjorde Moses en kobberslange og satte den på en stang; og når en slange hadde bitt nogen, og han så på kobberslangen, blev han i live.

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  • John 3:14–15

    And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

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  • Hebrews 12:2

    Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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  • John 6:40

    And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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  • 2 Kings 18:4

    He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

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  • John 12:32

    And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

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  • Isaiah 45:22

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

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  • Romans 8:3

    For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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