...people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Mos»s, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." — Numb. xxi. 4 — 9. WE have examined the circumstances connected with the water supplied to the...

...spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." THE whole history of Israel, from the time the Lord began to deliver them from the hand of Pharaoh...

...would be stayed. Мозез, who rose superior to all personal feelings, complied with their request. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived," Numb. xxi. 8, 9. It is this very extraordinary fact to which our Lord alludes in his memorable conversation...

...bitterness of that penalty which was attached to their transgression, they came to Moses, and they said, " We have sinned, for we have spoken against...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." This was God's appointed ordinance : there was exceeding simplicity about it ; yet it was his : and...

...the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, which stang the people, so that many of the children of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses,...brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Numb. xxi. 4 — 8,...

...Christ. When they, as a punishment for their sins, were bitten by fiery serpents, and cried to the Lord, the Lord said unto Moses, " Make thee a fiery serpent,...bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived2." And in like manner Christ Jesus was lifted up for our sins, " And whosoever believeth in him,...

...God ! Once more He removed their calamity from them, and this by extraordinary means, verses 8, 9—" And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." And this deliverance was significant of greater things to come. The Lord Jesus is the interpreter of His...

...passage, there alluded to is in Numbers, ch. xxi. v. 8, 9. " And the Lord slid unto Moses, Make Inee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." The Serpent appears frequently in the superstitions aiid customs of the Egyptians. (See Sir John Marsham,...

...people. " And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pule; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." — Numbers, ch. xxi. 6-9. THIS splendid picture is an example of what has been called the dramatic...

...This brought GOD'S anger upon them ; HB sent fiery serpents, which bit many of the people, that they died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said,...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." Now we know for certain, because our LORD has told us, the deep Christian meaning of these things....