Brazen Serpent in the Bible

Made by Moses for the healing of the Israelites

• Numbers 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

⇒Bible Encyclopedia for BRAZEN SERPENT.

Worshiped by Israelites

• 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Brazen Serpent.

A symbol of Christ

• John 3:14-15 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.