The
children of Israel then journeyed from mount Hor by way of the Red Sea.
And
the people spake against God and against Moses, “Wherefore have ye brought us
up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is
there any water, and our soul loatheth this light bread.”
And
God sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit them, and much people of
Israel died.
Then
the people said to Moses, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord
and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that He take away the serpents from us.”
And Moses prayed for the people.
And
God said to Moses, “Make thee a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole, and it
shall come to pass that everyone this is bitten, when he looketh upon it shall
live.”
So
Moses did so and everyone that looked lived.
Num. 21:4-9
“As
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be
lifted up, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
everlasting life.” John 3:14-15