Numbers 21:7 (WEB)
The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people.
Catechism · 1
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…anything,” set forth a brazen serpent, placed on a “tree,” in a hanging posture, for a spectacle of healing to Israel, at the time when, after their idolatry, they were suffering extermination by serpents, except that in this case he was exhibiting the Lord’s cross on which the “serpent” the devil was “made a show…” — editor's note: Their sin was “speaking against God and against Moses” (Num. xxi. 4–9).
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Augustine of Hippo
“And we read in our own Scriptures: “Pray to the Lord, that He take away the serpent from us.”” — editor's note: Num. xxi. 7 (“serpents,” A. and R.V.).
Read the whole comment“This was done: men were bitten; they looked and were healed.” — editor's note: Num. xxi. 6–9.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 44.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 44.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 44.