Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Make you a fiery serpent - that is, a serpent resembling in appearance the reptiles which attacked the people. The resemblance was …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Make you a fiery serpent. The single Hebrew word which is here employed is saraph (a seraph), or burning on…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Make yourself a fiery serpent. Nothing would, at first sight, appear more unreasonable than that a bronze serpent should be made, the sigh…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the Lord said unto Moses
Out of the cloud; or, it may be, Moses went into the sanctuary, and there prayed, and t…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The children of Israel were wearied by a long march around the land of Edom. They spoke discontentedly of what God had done for them and distrustfu…

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