KJV ORIGINAL
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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. And whenever someone was bitten by a snake, if they looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God provided a simple way for people to be healed from deadly snake bites - they just had to look at a bronze snake on a pole that Moses made.
📚 Historical Context
The Israelites were wandering in the wilderness and had complained against God and Moses, so God sent poisonous snakes among them as punishment. When the people repented and asked Moses to pray for them, God instructed Moses to make this bronze serpent as a means of healing for anyone who was bitten.
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