Day 69: The Bronze Serpent (2025)
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What is the significance of the bronze serpent in Numbers 21?
When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord and said, if you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah. From Mount Hor, they set out by the way to the Red Sea to go around the land of Edom and the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses. Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food. Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people so that many sons of Israel died. And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you.
Pray to the Lord that he may take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent and set it up as a sign, and everyone who is bitten when he sees it shall live. So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it up as a sign. And if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. the journey to Moab. And the sons of Israel set out and encamped at Oboth. And they set out from Oboth and encamped at Ai Abarim in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab toward the sunrise. From there, they set out and encamped in the valley of Zered. From there they set out and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab between Moab and the Amorites.
Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, Waheb in Sufa, in the valleys of the Arnon, and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab. And from there they continued to beer, that is, the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well, sing to it, the well which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people delved with the scepter and with their staves. And from the wilderness they went on to Matanah, and from Matanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth. and from Baymoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah, which looks down upon the desert.
Sihon, the king of the Amorites, defeated. Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the king's highway until we have passed through your territory. But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the significance of the bronze serpent in Numbers 21?
1:16–6:42
2
How does Deuteronomy 22 redefine social norms for the Israelites?
6:42–9:02
3
What are the miscellaneous laws discussed in Deuteronomy 22?
9:02–12:06
4
How do the sexual norms in Deuteronomy 22 reflect on Israelite society?
12:06–15:48
5
What is the theme of Psalm 102?
15:48–26:24