Then the LORDsaidto Moses,"Makea fiery[serpent], and setit on a standard;and it shall comeabout, that everyonewho is bitten,when he looksat it, he will live."
He removedthe highplacesand brokedownthe [sacred] pillarsand cutdownthe Asherah.He also brokein piecesthe bronzeserpentthat Moseshad made,for untilthosedaysthe sonsof Israelburnedincenseto it; and it was calledNehushtan.
The LORDis graciousand merciful;Slowto angerand greatin lovingkindness.
"Do not rejoice,O Philistia,allof you, Becausethe rodthat struckyou is broken;For from the serpent'sroota viperwill comeout, And its fruitwill be a flyingserpent.
The oracleconcerning the beastsof the Negev.Through a landof distressand anguish,From where[come] lionessand lion,viperand flyingserpent,They carrytheir richeson the backsof youngdonkeysAnd their treasureson camels'humps,To a peoplewho cannotprofit[them];
"Turnto Me and be saved,allthe endsof the earth;For I am God,and thereis noother.
"As Mosesliftedup the serpentin the wilderness,even somustthe Sonof Manbe liftedup;
