...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...

...and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee...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...

...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,...

...and against thee ; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee...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,...

...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,...man, 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...

...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...

...and against thee : pray unto the LORD that HE take away the serpents from us." And Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Moses, " Make thee...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....

...scriptures inform us of the designed extent, and of the actual result, of this expedient of mercy. " And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass he lived." Num. xxi. 8, 9. The design of this expedient was not limited to those who " looked," but it extended...

...wrath did God remember mercy." Great as their provocations had been, there was a heavendevised remedy. And the Lord said unto Moses, " Make thee a fiery...man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." This, very summarily told, is the story of " Moses' lifting up the serpent in the wilderness." It is...