Numbers 21:8

New Living Translation

Then the Lord told him, “Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it!”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:4

He removed the pagan shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke up the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been offering sacrifices to it. The bronze serpent was called Nehushtan.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken— that the king who attacked you is dead. For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!

Isaiah 30:6

This message came to me concerning the animals in the Negev: The caravan moves slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt— donkeys weighed down with riches and camels loaded with treasure— all to pay for Egypt’s protection. They travel through the wilderness, a place of lionesses and lions, a place where vipers and poisonous snakes live. All this, and Egypt will give you nothing in return.

Isaiah 45:22

Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other.

John 3:14

And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,