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Numbers 21:9 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Numbers 21:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Numbers chapter 21 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Numbers 21:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 21:9
Moses' obedience to God's command creates one of the Old Testament's most powerful types of Christ's atoning work. The bronze serpent (Hebrew: 'nachash nechoshet', נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת) represents sin itself—the very thing killing the people—fashioned in bronze (a metal suggesting judgment) and lifted up for all to see. The simplicity of the cure is striking: 'when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.' The verb 'beheld' (Hebrew: 'nabat', נָבַט) means more than casual glancing—it suggests intentional, faith-filled looking. Those bitten by serpents had to look in faith to God's appointed means o...
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Cross-References for Numbers 21:9
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“even so must the Son of Man be lifted up”
“that everyone who sees the Son”
“the author and perfecter of faith”
“and broke the pillars”
“if I am lifted up from the earth”
“and be you saved”
“in that it was weak through the flesh”
“For he hath made him to be sin for us”
“that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded”
“But the righteous shall live by faith.{Habakkuk 2:4}”