Numbers 21:4-9 Niv

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shalt come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live." Numbers 21:8

This is a glorious gospel type. Jesus, numbered with the transgressors, hangs before us on the cross. A look to Him will heal us of the serpent-bite of sin; will heal us at once — "When he looketh upon it, he shall live." Let the reader who is...

Numbers 21:1-9

"They began to murmur against God and Moses. "Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?" they complained. "There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this wretched manna!" Numbers 21:5

When the time came at last for the people to go into the land of promise, they found the way blocked. The Edomites refused to allow them to go through their...