Numbers 21:8

Good News Translation (US Version)

Then the Lord told Moses to make a metal snake and put it on a pole, so that anyone who was bitten could look at it and be healed.

Cross References

John 3:14

As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up,

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is loving and merciful, slow to become angry and full of constant love.

2 Kings 18:4

He destroyed the pagan places of worship, broke the stone pillars, and cut down the images of the goddess Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze snake that Moses had made, which was called Nehushtan. Up to that time the people of Israel had burned incense in its honor.

Isaiah 14:29

People of Philistia, the rod that beat you is broken, but you have no reason to be glad. When one snake dies, a worse one comes in its place. A snake's egg hatches a flying dragon.

Isaiah 30:6

This is God's message about the animals of the southern desert: “The ambassadors travel through dangerous country, where lions live and where there are poisonous snakes and flying dragons. They load their donkeys and camels with expensive gifts for a nation that cannot give them any help.

Isaiah 45:22

“Turn to me now and be saved, people all over the world! I am the only God there is.