...and which consisted in the erection of a pole, or standard, on which was placed a serpent of brass, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived. It appears net improbable, especially considering the meaning of the one, and the use of the other,...

...cure in the appointed way obtained it . No stage, no state of the disorder, made any difference. " It came to " pass, that if a serpent had bitten any...man, when he beheld the serpent of " brass he lived." And thus it is with the invitation in the text. It is addressed to persons of all descriptions,—of...

...did not supersede the necessity of a particular appointment for the communication of that mercy. "And the Lord said unto Moses. Make thee a fiery serpent,...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." This was a very remarkable display of the power and goodness of God. The effect was no less than an...

...; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife : and they went both of them together. Num. xxi. 9. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. John iii. 14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son nf mnn be...

...499. In this chapter the 8th and !)ih verses are thus rendered in the authorised version. 8. " And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." 9. " And Moses made a serpent of Brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent...

...cross. When the fiery serpents bit the Israelites, and much people died, Moses, by the command of God, " made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole ;...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived," Numb. xxi. 9. Now if there were no more express promise of the Messias than the seed of the woman,...

...and to set it up on a pole. He added a promise of evidently miraculous intervention : " And it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." The whole credit of the Jewish leader was now most certainly at stake. Merely looking on the image...

...Iv. 6. y John, viii. 21. prayed for the people ; and the Lord said unto Moses, " Make thee a Jiery serpent, and set it upon a pole ; and it shall come...bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he livedz" Christ spake of this brazen serpent as being a figure of himself : " As Moses lifted up the...

...they bit the people, and much of Israel died, but God provided a remedy, viz. that Moses should make a serpent of brass and put it upon a pole, and it...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived. Now although the sentence was passed against the old tribe? in Kadesh, that their carcases should fall...

...named Brentius had the chief hand in the composition. They said, that as the declaration of God, " Every one that Is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live," conveyed healing efficacy to the brazen serpent ; so the words of consecration caused the body of Christ...