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The book of Numbers tells a story that has two main characters—God and Israel. The way the story is told sounds odd and often harsh to readers today. In spite of the difficulties imposed by Numbers on today’s readers, the main point of the book is of immense importance for God’s people in any age: exact obedience to God is crucial. This comprehensive and erudite commentary—resulting from nearly...

8 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and place it upon a pole. And it will be that any who have been bitten4 and see it will live.”5 9 And Moses made a copper serpent and he placed it on the pole. And it was,6 if the serpent bit anyone7 and he looked to the copper serpent he would live.8 This narrative takes up where 20:21 left off. The Israelites turned south in order to circumvent Edom, and on the way the exigencies of life in the desert once again caused them to complain.
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