Numbers 21:9
“So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.”
King James Version
Fulfillment References
John 3:14-15 John 12:32-33 Galatians 3:13
Archaeological & Historical Evidence
The Nehushtan was preserved in the Temple until Hezekiah destroyed it (2 Kings 18:4). Similar pole-serpent symbols found in ANE medicine traditions.
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalLooking in faith to the crucified Christ for salvation perfectly mirrors the typology.
JewishA historical incident demonstrating faith-healing in the wilderness; not Messianic.
CatholicJesus explicitly cites this as a type of his crucifixion (John 3:14).
ProtestantThe typology is authoritative because Jesus himself draws it.
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