Numbers 21 new international version niv arad destroyed. The old serpent was the cause of death, temporal and spiritual. They traveled from mount hor along the route to the red sea, to go around edom. This summary of the book of numbers provides information about the title, author s, date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the book of numbers. Numbers, chapter 21 united states conference of catholic bishops. How could a good and loving god order the slaughter of all. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. The english name of the book comes from the septuagint the prechristian greek translation of the ot and is based on the census lists found in. This raiding king came from a canaanite city in the south i.
In this sermon from numbers 21, we see how gods provision of the bronze serpent illustrates the seriousness of sin, as well as our helplessness and total dependence on god. The author of the book of wisdom understood the true bearing of those facts when he called the brazen serpent a wisdom 16. 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. So moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. The meaning of this type, or sign of salvation, is explained in the book of. Yahweh will soon command joshua to commission joshua as his successor 27. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. Christ jesus, in the likeness of sinful flesh, was made sin for us 2corinthians 5. The meaning of this type, or sign of salvation, is explained in the book of wisdom. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills.
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