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Numbers 21:9-11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Numbers 21:9-11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.[a]
The Journey to Moab
10 And the people of Israel set out, and encamped in Oboth. 11 And they set out from Oboth, and encamped at I′ye-ab′arim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.
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- 21.4-9 The bronze serpent may have been the standard or symbol of the tribe of Levi, to which Moses and Aaron belonged. In Jn 3.14 it becomes a type of the saving cross of Christ.
Numbers 21:9-11
New International Version
Numbers 21:9-11
New International Version
9 So Moses made a bronze snake(A) and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.(B)
The Journey to Moab
10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth.(C) 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab(D) toward the sunrise.
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