7452 snake, bronze
Dictionary of Bible Themes

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The means of salvation for Israel in the wilderness, a parallel to be found in Jesus Christ.

Healing and salvation resulted from looking at the bronze snake

Numbers 21:8-9 See also Numbers 21:4-7

The bronze snake became an object of idolatrous worship

2 Kings 18:4

The bronze snake parallels Jesus Christ's crucifixion

John 3:14-15

See also

1680  types
2321  Christ as redeemer
2324  Christ as Saviour
4312  bronze
4687  snake
5104  Moses, foreshadower of Christ
8768  idolatry



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