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Bronze Snake
BRONZE SNAKE. Numbers 21:4-9 records how the people of Israel complained against Moses and against God, who in judgment sent venomous snakes against them. When the people confessed their sin, Moses made a “bronze snake” (kjv “serpent of brass”), set it on a pole, and in effect said, “Look and live.” Those who looked recovered. This bronze snake later was worshiped, but Hezekiah scornfully called it “Nehushtan” (which