Numbers 21:4-9 - The Bronze Snake
4 They moved from Mount Hor following the road that goes to the Red Sea. That way they could go around Edom. The people became impatient on the trip 5 and criticized God and Moses. They said: Why did you make us leave Egypt only to let us die in the desert? There is no bread or water, and we cannot stand this awful food! 6 Jehovah sent poisonous snakes among the people. They bit the people, and many of the Israelites died.
7 The people came to Moses and said: We sinned when we criticized Jehovah and you. Pray to Jehovah so that he will take the snakes away from us. So Moses prayed for the people.
8 Jehovah said to Moses: Make a snake and put it on a pole. Anyone who is bitten can look at it and live. 9 Moses made a copper snake and put it on a pole. People looked at the copper snake after they were bitten and lived.