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Numbers 21:9
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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.
Narrates the healing command in Numbers 21
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.
God's command to make the serpent and look to live
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Direct Gospel verse linking the serpent and the Son of Man
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And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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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.
Shows the people first repented and Moses prayed
And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Provides the cause of the sign: deadly serpents
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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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.
Shows later destruction because it became an object of incense
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
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Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
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For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
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