Numbers 21:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

and the Lord answered, “Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and be saved from death.”

Cross References

John 3:14

And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as the metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert.

Psalm 145:8

You are merciful, Lord! You are kind and patient and always loving.

2 Kings 18:4

He destroyed the local shrines, then tore down the images of foreign gods and cut down the sacred pole for worshiping the goddess Asherah. He also smashed the bronze snake Moses had made. The people had named it Nehushtan and had been offering sacrifices to it.

Isaiah 14:29

Philistines, don't be happy just because the rod that punished you is broken. That rod will become a poisonous snake, and then a flying fiery dragon.

Isaiah 30:6

This is a message about the animals of the Southern Desert: “You people carry treasures on donkeys and camels. You travel to a feeble nation through a troublesome desert filled with lions and flying fiery dragons.

Isaiah 45:22

“I invite the whole world to turn to me and be saved. I alone am God! No others are real.