Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.”
In context
6So Yahweh sent venomous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, and many of the Israelites died. 7The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, because we spoke against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh to take the serpents away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous serpent and set it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten and looks at it will live.” 9So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And whenever a serpent bit someone, if he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived. 10The Israelites set out and camped at Oboth.
